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Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post

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The following is a guest post from the amazing animal lovers of Adopt-a-Pet.com. Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. For more information visit this page [link].

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

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But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city. Why, for example is it ok to count White-winged Parakeets in Miami but Yellow-chevroned Parakeets , which are more numerous, are off limits? I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Surrendering to eBird

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In my case, I had to format my excel sheet just so, a considerable task because when I dabbled in Birdstack (gone, alas, but not forgotten) I adopted its formatting as well as the more fluid International Ornithological Congress (IOC) taxonomy , both of which were inimical to that of eBird. Importing locations is even more ridiculous.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” Larks, for example.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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(SOPI) is the leading ornithological organization and it performs research, education, and outreach. Much of the research regarding Caribbean ecology and ornithology has been conducted in Puerto Rico. Some of these are unique examples of U.S. Research is ongoing. There is also a Puerto Rico eBird regional portal.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking.

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

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Why should early adopters be punished for their passion? Each specific example of promotion counts as one entry in a random drawing for our third copy of the new Crossley ID Guide. Sounds good, right? Obviously, your typical bird chaser seems to think so, since so many copies of The Crossley ID Guide have already been snapped up!

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