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The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You!

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I was pleased to discover that contrary to their expectations, the site-level abundance of four other dove species all increased with collared-dove abundance throughout the sampling period 3 rather than decreasing. Like most dove species, Eurasian Collared-Doves are prolific breeders. In warm climates they can breed year round.

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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass. Other hardy souls signed up for an early morning “Ostrich Run” 5k, with the prizes beinging–you guessed it–actual ostrich eggs.

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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

10,000 Birds

It is clear though that Burmese Pythons in South Florida come from a founder or source population as studies showed that DNA samples from snakes caught in the Everglades show they are related to some degree. Some of these snakes had evidence of birds in their stomachs and some were gravid with up 55 eggs nearly ready to be laid.

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Noxious: Montana’s Battle With Spotted Knapweed, and What Birders Can Do

10,000 Birds

Thirteen different insects have been introduced into Montana in their turn as biological controls for knapweeds, from weevils that attack the roots to flies that lay eggs in the seed-heads. Since then, it has been pulled and plucked, sprayed and dusted, mowed and set on fire. And yet it persists.

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Purina Beyond Giveaway

4 The Love Of Animals

We recently received a sample of the new Purina Beyond dog food (and we have some bags to give away for cats or dogs, so be sure to keep reading). Egg-battered rosemary chicken breast with carrot barley tabbouleh. We were excited about this new product because it is full of natural ingredients. Can I have some of that chicken?

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Grallards: New Zealand’s Next Extinction or Newest Species?

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Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. The sheer number of species that have been shuffled around on our big earth is impressive, though we will be dealing with the smaller sample size of invasive avians and other invasives that effect avians.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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Brauning, a Summary of Atlas Results by Physiographic Region and Section, Breeding Phenology (date ranges of nest building, nest with eggs, nest with young, fledged young), Atlas Safe Dates (the period of time within which it is safe to say that if you saw or heard a bird in suitable habitat it is likely breeding, ruling out migrants).