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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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Birders, nature lovers, anyone who can appreciate the triumph of compassion over seemingly insurmountable odds … here’s a chance for you to be part of something great. Nadeem Shehzad and his brother Mohammad Saud take in about 1400 injured birds per year in Delhi, India – an enormous number. What’s left?

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Galveston FeatherFest 2011

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These Blasts From The Past There’s an Ivory Gull in Massachusetts… David Sibley on the Jones Beach Shrike Bicknell’s Thrush I’ve Just Been Informed From Pavement to Gravel About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist.

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Liben Lark Gets a Lifeline

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These Blasts From The Past In the Spirit of Thanksgiving Amazing Election Results IATB #64 Deadline Zebra Finches on Guitar Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Thanks for visiting!

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Winner of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil Giveaway

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Quincy, Massachusetts Man Deserves Kudos About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! But Does It Keep a Life List?

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Half Hardy

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During the SuperBowl of Birding in Massachusetts my team (and Corey’s), the Bloggerhead Kingbirds, searched more or less tirelessly for birds like Hermit Thrushes and Brown Thrashers and Eastern Bluebirds. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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I reduced all lines and edges to straights and curves (that’s all there are) and began to render with mechanical drawing instruments¬ ruling pen, compass, French curve, T-square, triangle. Charles Harper’s Birds & Word s is the signature book of this bird and nature artist’s career.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I look forward to casting my vote for compassion. I grew up on a dairy and hog farm in central Massachusetts. But compassion and civil sense from the large farm entrepreneurs might be more helpful. Maybe someday our legislators in New York will have the courage to follow in the footsteps of the states Mr. Kristof mentions.