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The Fate of the Florida Anis

10,000 Birds

In addition to having a communal nesting strategy, anis also spend a significant amount of time allopreening, huddling together, and sunning themselves together on exposed branches. Diet is composed mostly of large insects. A Groove-billed Ani photographed in Pinellas County in 2011, by Carlos Sanchez.

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Stray thoughts on customer experience trends

Sales and Marketing Management

Companies that have regular run-ins with frontline employees are likely suffering from a poorly defined customer experience strategy or a poorly executed strategy. Either way, the strategy needs attention. Other noteworthy ideas.

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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

10,000 Birds

Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. A La Sagra’s Flycatcher, a Caribbean stray, continued at Charles Deering Estate. A Snowy Plover, a regional rarity, continued at Crandon Beach, while a Solitary Sandpiper in a lonely puddle at Lucky Hammock was a nice surprise.

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New York State Big Year?

10,000 Birds

What strategies are you using? It really depends on where the strays and vagrants show up in the second half of the year. But even after all that, you’d still be nearly 25 species shy of the record, and the difference has to come from chasing strays and vagrants when and where they show up. Lots of pelagics?

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Our Best Birds of 2020

10,000 Birds

Common Cuckoo is a fascinating bird, an obligate parasitic breeder that employs numerous strategies, including fraud and murder, to survive. But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. If Engber does a good job with anything, it's with pointing out the flaws in the strategies of pro-animal activists and in the outcomes of their campaigns.

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3 Mock Sales Call Tips to Improve Your Performance

SalesFuel

They] allow sales professionals to practice call strategies and prepare for every possible situation, he writes. Having your practice partner stray a bit will help you learn to adapt and respond. Steli Efti believes that a mock call is one of the best training tools for sellers.

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