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Varied Sittellas at Langi Crossing

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Presbycusis is age-related hearing loss in humans, but I have also discovered that birds, fish and amphibians do not experience presbycusis due to the fact that they can regenerate their cochlear sensory cells. Invariably it doesn’t take long and we find what I had already heard.

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The Razorbill Invasion of Florida

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However, the true scope of the irruption was not apparent until people started chartering fishing boats to explore the waters just offshore where they were greeted by flocks of hundreds of Razorbills! Trey Mitchell’s beautiful shot of a Razorbill bobbing about in nearly tropical waters.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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But their lawyers argued that prosecutors did not prove that the group had engaged in an illegal conspiracy that kept federal workers — employees of the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management — from doing their jobs. Are you kidding me? It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”.

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high.

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate. As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act.

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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

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Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”, Soon the girls emerged. Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely.

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Birding in Honduras, Part I: Highlands

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Next, we drove to Lake Yojoa, the largest lake in Honduras, an important fishing destination, and home to the country’s best fried fish. the species suffering most from deforestation). The enigmatic White-throated Flycatcher was the most unusual sighting in the weedy edges of the lakeside.

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