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Enjoy Innovative Electronic Music = Help Endangered Birds

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As for the music, while listening to some sample tracks, I found myself enjoying the blend of bird sounds and easy-going music. The Keel-billed Motmot is a local, little known species that may be threatened by habitat alteration and maybe even hybridization with the related Broad-billed Motmot. Oh, how nice that would be!

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Australasian Snapper, Pagrus auratus

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One sample snapper examined in a study found 99 different types of food in the stomach, a mix of crabs, worms, echinoderms, shellfish, fish and other prey items. Protected snapper show no fear and even considerable curiosity when it comes to divers. Its a powerful demonstration of the potential of marine protected areas.

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Casa Ferreirinha ‘Papa Figos’ Vinho Tinto (2017)

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The grapes for their ‘Papa Figos’ Vinho Tinto are sourced from Douro Superior (“Upper Douro”), the hottest and driest subregion of the Douro Denominação de Origem Controlada (“protected designation of origin”) in northern Portugal. Eurasian Golden Oriole by Dutch illustrator J.G.

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What is a “Nonessential Experimental” California Condor?

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In other words, an experimental population of an “endangered” species is treated as “threatened,” which has fewer protections. But that does not necessarily mean there are no protections. Visitors to the Pacific Northwest who appreciate craft beer might sample Condor Kolsch from Rogue Ale & Spirits of Newport, Oregon.

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Birding Beyond 60

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And I must be careful to protect my skin, having had a couple of basal cells removed. And I must say, based on this most unscientific sample group, the future for my own birder’s health could be quite rosy. In all the usual measurements, such as blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar, I still test very well.

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A Birder Attends a (Virtual) Ornithology Conference – Part II

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Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. He then compared those habitats to protected areas, finding that much of the future habitat is currently unprotected. Thus, birds may be moving from protected areas to unprotected areas, creating a conservation mismatch.

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Stop to Smell the Giant Parasitic Roses

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In fact, pretty much all there is of them are the bodies hidden inside the stems of jungle vines of the genus Tetrastigma (relatives of the wine giving grapes, the products of which I am sampling now), and the flowers. The trick to protecting this species has been tourism, which has raised awareness of its plight. Very large, even.