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Puerto Rico’s Birds after Hurricane Maria

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These hurricanes prompted a personal interest in the impact of hurricanes on birds, so I did some research, which ultimately led to an article in the April 2018 issue of Birding magazine. territory of Puerto Rico, an American territory where researchers have numerous ongoing investigations, including many studies in El Yunque National Forest.

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A Birder’s Guide to The Wilderness Act

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Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act in 2019. There is also a research institute dedicated to wilderness: the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute is an interagency facility located at the University of Montana. The most recent additions were approximately 1.3 million acres designated by the bipartisan John D.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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And summary and discussion of recent research on how birds have changed the frequency and pitch of their songs in response to human noise and the possible consequences of those changes (again, we know that we don’t know). I do wish there was more about research on female bird song. And, that’s it.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

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A logical and outstanding successor to The Genius of Birds (2016), Ackerman’s award-winning book about bird cognition, The Bird Way explores the diversity of bird behavior, the norm and the extremes, with an emphasis on cutting-edge research and findings that explode assumptions. Yet, the research projects are never the whole story.

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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part III (Finances)

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Additionally, I was curious how the ABA arrived at its precarious financial position, so I did some historical research and decided to share the results. This resulted in a further deterioration in the ABA’s financial position, with net assets falling from -$57,000 in 2012 to -$249,000 in 2019.

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate. United States DOI , 2019 U.S. LEXIS 110982, 2019 WL 2870131 (D.D.C. The court also rejected the notion that Dr. Zink, would have standing to bring a claim in his own right.

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Our Very Own Hybrid

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Twice, in 2019 and 2022, I complained on this site about having to use the name Spotted Towhee for our locally spotless birds. But my research for this post has shown me that this problem may be much more complicated. In fact, if Sibley’s theory from long ago is correct, this bird could well be called a hybrid hybrid.

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