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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of 2021)

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So many different factors contribute to the quality and quantity of a birding adventure that one would be hard-pressed to predict the very best time to watch birds in a particular area beyond a vague three or four week window. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of March 2021)

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Corey had his hands full this weekend with more pressing concerns than adding Black Vulture to his county list for the year, so we’ll give him a consolation Rock Pigeon. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin gives the traveling naturalist the tools needed to fully appreciate and experience the Galápagos Islands. copyright © 2022 by John Kricher and Kevin Loughlin; copyright © 2006 by Princeton University Press. Press, Nov. I wish I had read this book.

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. I really hope this passes.

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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

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It’s a big subject that has been embraced by biologists Barbara Ballentine and Jeremy Hyman in Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication, a largish, book recently published by Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press. The Bright Press is a British company. Press; May 2021.

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If Only It Were So…

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Sadly, I think that our “objective&# press is unable to handle this basic truth and will continue to present “both sides&# of the issue. The last time we experience a month with global temperatures lower than the 20th century average was February. February 1985.&# Come on, denialists! Why are you so stupidly stubborn?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of February 2013)

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But, every so often, the call is sounded, and the sharpest eyes and ears on the planet are pressed into service. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Birding tends to be an extremely freeform activity, demanding only we pursue our bliss to the best of our means and ability.

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