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What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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Ignotofsky is best known for her 2016 book Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World, of which Scientific American noted “The world needs more books like this.” Questions, scattered throughout the text, move the story forward—and draw attention to the importance of science. And What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?

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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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Steve Kelling from the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology gave the keynote talk, “The Birder Effect: Birding, Science, and Conservation.” The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds.

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LISTEN TO THE BIRDS: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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By Susan Wroble Susan Wroble is a Denver-based children’s author with a focus on science-based stories. With the app downloaded onto a phone and the phone camera pointed to a bird in the book, the bird seems to come alive, move — and sing. She has a lifelong love of birds, perhaps instilled at birth with her middle name—Burd.

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All Is Not Lost, Part II

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And, as I have mentioned before , under-birded countries like Mexico provide lots of opportunities for amateur birders like me to make real contributions to science. And what contribution to ornithology could be more important, in these troubled times, than to see if and how birds are adapting to the ravages of climate change?

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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

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At a minimum, there should be a free and downloadable (without the need for an email address) dedicated or special issue of Birding for new birders. Birders care about bird science and conservation, but also about access to birding sites and facilities as those locations, etc.

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A Brant With Bling

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When I got home later that day I downloaded my photos and reported the band number to the feds , and then put the photos on the New York Birders Facebook page to ask if anyone knew what the weird little widget attached to the goose was. And, upon closer examination, it had a weird little device attached to the color band.

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As part of the Hill’s® Science Diet® “Healthier Pets. Visit Hill’s Science Diet to learn more! Hill’s is offering a $10 off promotion on select Hill’s Science Diet products so you can try them for your pet. Download your rebate on the Hill’s Science Diet website. Happier Lives.”

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