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The event is spearheaded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and has as goal to raise money for bird conservation and to tally 4000 of the world’s birds in a single day. with millions of bird enthusiasts, tally more birds than, say the Country of Peru with only a handful of bird enthusiasts? A new challenge has emerged this coming May 9.
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” Would C**k-of-the Rocks and condors represent Peru with flashy dances and incredible feats of flight? Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. At the largest of conferences, logistical and cultural issues could be a real problem.
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to have and raise children. She described in her book “My Journey to Lhasa&# (1927) how, in the rugged mountain of tibet, women were commonly married to 2 men (sometimes brothers), making it easier (or simply possible?) Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.
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