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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species? Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A I’d wish for respect for what we do.”. Charitable Things. wrote Maryjane in Pennsylvania.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. The guide covers 265 of Maine’s 461 bird species: common nesting species, common migrants, and wintering birds.

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Thank a lemming

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Where I live, there are two species of lemmings, the Brown Lemming ( Lemmus trimucronatus ) and the Collared Lemming ( Dicrostonyx groenlandicus ). A friend of mine saw a family of eight Ermine while hiking this past summer. A Collared Lemming on a Beat Writer’s hand. Did I mention they’re fast?

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Visiting Storm King Art Center

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We took a family outing up to that same Storm King Art Center, which is located about an hour north of New York City in Mountainville, Orange County, last weekend and had an absolute blast. We also observed some evidence of other species breeding.

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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Gordon, president of the ABA, an Introduction, Species Accounts, Acknowledgements, Image Credits, a Checklist of the Birds of the state, and a Species Index.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. 6) Taxonomy. Consequently, we now live in an age of splitting. 9) Birdfinding.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

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It’s been nearly three weeks since the family and I left Breckenridge but I’m still thinking about all the birds that we enjoyed from my aunt and uncle’s backyard deck at 10,500 feet above sea level. We spent three days in Breckenridge and each morning I was the first in the family to awaken.

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