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Returning to Old Haunts

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For three weeks in June, I traveled up and then down the eastern seaboard visiting ecological research sites. From Florida to Maine and back again I toured urban forests, marshes, estuaries, and more, stopping along the way to visit family and friends. During my three days in Virginia Beach, I knew I had to walk that path again.

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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

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candidates and other seabird field researchers; and crusty boatsmen, some clued-in and some clueless, who guide him in various latitudes. (But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.).

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Accessibility Matters

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A recent episode of the American Birding Podcast featured an interview with Virginia Rose (Founder and President) and Freya McGregor (Coordinator) of the non-profit Birdability. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. eBird checklists are here and here.).

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. This is where Boase excels. It is reproduced in “Mrs.

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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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Marybeth learns as she birds, embraces listing goals as a means of engaging with community, unabashedly enjoys a little competition, struggles to balance her absolute joy in birding with unexpected, life-and-death family obligations. The book focuses on two listing events: her 2012 Louisiana Big Year and her 2016 Louisiana 300 Year.

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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

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As our hardcore group of birding attendees- will dwindle at some point, other groups perhaps more interested in the actors or a segment of more family oriented viewers will then take over from us. Money will spill over to sponsor research projects, money to support nature centers, money to fund education. Advertisers will notice.

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The Science of Motivation

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To put a finer point on not knowing what will make us happy, college freshman at the University of Virginia were randomly assigned3 into two dormitories. We spend time daydreaming about things that are important to us — like upcoming vacations with friends and family. Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago, 2008.

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