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

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in total revenue, but from 2014-2020, it averaged about $1.3M In 2014 , the accountants seem to have first raised the issue of “substantial doubt” about the ABA’s ability “to continue as a going concern.”. By 2020 , the loan had apparently been paid.). The details are below. # # #. in total revenue.

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What It’s Like to Be a Bird: A Review of the New Sibley Book

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copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. ” copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. The Portfolio of Birds is comprised of 87 2-page spreads.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy. It was when Hélène says to Ned, “And when the stakes were the highest, you raised an eagle on your glove.”.

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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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It’s sometimes said that these long, dark feathers resemble the tails of a Victorian doctor’s knee-length frockcoat, with the bird’s black cap – which it can raise into a crest – completing the old-fashioned medical look as a top hat of sorts. The palate is rich and oily, with caramel and coconut, culminating in a surprisingly dry finish.

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. From 2020 to 2022, that figure was lower, about 500 animals per year, but is it because of better safety measures or fewer and consequently harder to locate quarries? Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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Participating in My First “Normal” Birdathon

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Birdathons are typically used by state programs and chapters to raise critical funding for conservation and research programs. In 2020, our Birdathon efforts came in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, when lockdowns and restrictions remained common. Zooming in on the Orchard Oriole.

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Gang-gang Cockatoos-a Christmas wish!

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Whilst observing the Southern Emu-wrens a White-fronted Chat flew into view and landed on some raised vegetation! All the best to you and your family for good health and good birding in 2020! It was a beautiful male bird and we then realised there were female birds on the other side of the wide trail that he was communicating with.

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