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7/28/2010
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KENYA - We don’t need to shoot birds ... everyone asks us why we are not shooting them ...
(New York Times)
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7/28/2010
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UK
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Rooftop vulture thought to have made an epic three-week, 405-mile journey ... (South Devon Herald Express)
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7/27/2010
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KS
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Appeals court rules on scope of migratory bird act ... says viola- tors do not need to intentionally kill
them to be convicted ... (Associated Press)
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7/27/2010
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NY
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Canada Geese a problem ... but is mass killing a permanent or temporary solution? ... (AP/Rochester D and C)
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7/27/2010
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NJ
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Keeping an eye on American Oystercatchers in New Jersey ... species of special concern because population
might be in decline ... (Conserve Wildlife NJ)
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7/27/2010
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DE
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Delaware's bird populations under watch ... as Gulf oil spill's devastation migrates ... (News Journal)
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7/27/2010
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NY
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SOUTHAMPTON - After the storm ... Great Blue Herons, Great Pink Hibiscus ... (Hamptons.com)
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7/27/2010
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NY
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CHARLOTTE - Shorebirds stopping by the Summerville Pier ... (Rochester D and C)
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7/26/2010
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WI
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5 of 7 Whooping Crane chicks at Necedah have died ... crane migration will go ahead this fall as
scheduled ... (WTAQ)
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7/26/2010
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TX
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Biologists hit Texas beaches to seek out oil spill’s effects ... at BP's expense ... (San Antonio Express)
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7/26/2010
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KY
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Construction workers hope Barn Owls will return to newly built nest box ... now that the youngsters have
fledged ... (Lexington Herald Leader)
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7/26/2010
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GA
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Canada Goose populations have reached nuisance levels in Georgia ... even becoming dangerous in certain
instances ... (Albany Herald)
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7/26/2010
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MA
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BOSTON — Mass. wildlife officials asking birders, other conservation-minded citizens for comments ... on
proposed habitat management activities in state WMAs ... (Boston Herald)
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7/26/2010
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UK
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Lark numbers down in Northern Ireland ... but holding steady in the rest of the UK ... (Surfbirds News)
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7/26/2010
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UK
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Birdman Stuart Winter reveals his love for bird-watching ... tough reporter turns to the gentler passion of
bird-watching ... (Express)
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7/25/2010
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ABC report says many gulf spill cleanup efforts ineffective and harming, not helping birds ...
(American Bird Conservancy)
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7/25/2010
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PERU - First ever full photo of Ochre-fronted Antipitta in the wild ... taken by ABC's biologist Daniel
Lebbin ... (American Bird Conservancy)
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7/25/2010
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LA
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1,600+ Louisiana farmers get behind migratory bird plan ... to flood their fields to entice migrating
waterfowl to stop in ... (News Star)
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7/25/2010
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MN
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Minnesota to allow Sandhill Crane hunting season for the first time in 94 years ... (LA Times)
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7/25/2010
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MN
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Sandhill crane hunting season draws fire ... complaints on the rise ... (MPR News)
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7/25/2010
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MO
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Black-crowned Night Heron more widely distributed than its more famous cousin - the Great Blue ...
(MIssouri Dept. of Conservation)
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7/25/2010
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NY
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Mockingbird ... stalks with wings flashing white ... (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
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7/25/2010
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WV
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BOOKREVIEW ... Birdscaping for Garden Spaces: A Guide to Garden Birds and the Native Plants that Attract
Them ... by George Adams ... (Charleston Gazette)
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7/25/2010
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NY
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ALABAMA/SHELBY - Summer birding at Iroquois NWR ... barred, horned screech owls, common moorhen, etc. ...
(Buffalo News)
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7/24/2010
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NY
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New York City Canada Geese cull may expand ... expanded plan would kill more than 165,000 of them ...
(Vancouver Sun)
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7/24/2010
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DE
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Brown Booby shows up in Delaware Bay ... came aboard a party fishing boat ... (Jeff Gordon Blog)
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7/24/2010
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LA
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Reported number of bird deaths grow on Gulf Coast ... doubled in the past month ... (AP/Houston Chronicle)
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7/24/2010
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LA
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It is going to get worse before it gets better ... says Audubon Oil Spill Response Team as Tropical Storm
Bonnie approaches ... (Audubon Magazine)
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7/24/2010
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NE
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Birds may provide economic boost to Sandhills region ... "best grassland bird place in the United
States" ... (Grand Island Independent)
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7/24/2010
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Backyard birders help monitor oil spill impact ... oil-soiled gulf is major flyway for shore and migratory
birds ... (Voice of America)
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7/24/2010
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NH
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CONCORD - Four Piping Plover eggs pilfered ... reward offered for information ... (WMUR)
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7/24/2010
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DE
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REHOBOTH BEACH - Heat and predators take toll on Piping Plover chicks ... only four have survived ...
(Salisbury Daily Times)
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7/24/2010
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DE
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DOVER - Delaware becomes first state to receive delegation from EPA for offshore wind permitting ... (WGMD)
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7/24/2010
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UK
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SCOTLAND - Poisoning of Scottish birds of prey at highest levels in 20 years ... Golden Eagles ... Red
Kites ... (The Guardian)
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7/24/2010
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AUSTRALIA - Ornithologist's work has dramatically cut the number of bird strikes on planes ... saving lives
- and birds ... (Sydney Morning Herald)
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7/23/2010
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BRAZIL - Hundreds of penguins wash up dead on Brazilian coast ... biologists suspect unusually cold waters
are responsible ... (CNN)
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7/23/2010
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OH
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State captures, bands rare Sandhill Cranes ... an exceptionally rare nester in Ohio ... (News-Herald.com)
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7/23/2010
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WA
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Seattle's Black Merlins nest successfully for the third year ... produce 5 offspring ... (Seattle Times)
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7/23/2010
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CT
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GREENWICH - Second pair of Swans go missing from Taconic Road estate ... purchased to replace Fred and
Ethel who went missing in June ... (Stamford Advocate)
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7/23/2010
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WV
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OAK HILL - First annual New River Hummingbird Festival set for Aug. 13-15 ... keynoted by Bill Hilton
Jr. ... (Fayette Tribune)
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7/23/2010
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MA
RI
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WESTPORT - Piping Plovers need our help ... now that they are back from their wintering grounds as far away
as the Bahamas ... (EastBayRI.com)
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7/23/2010
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PA
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MILLERSBURG - Regan leaving his post at Ned Smith Center ... heading over to the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary ...
(PennLive.com)
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7/23/2010
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CANADA - Necropsy report says 11-week-old Hornby Island webcam eaglet had pneumonia ... (Vancouver Sun)
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7/23/2010
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UK
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First Red Kite chicks to hatch for 200 years in Northern Ireland ... take to the skies following a
spectacular release ... (Belfast Newsletter)
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7/23/2010
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UK
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RSPB launches project to help save the turtle dove ... are disappearing from the East Anglican
countryside ... (FarmersWeekly)
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7/23/2010
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CANADA - New booklet keeps track of Creston Valley birds ... has been flying off the shelves ...
(BCLocalNews)
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7/23/2010
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UK
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The sparrow that's gone cuckoo ... clucky mum takes food to baby impostor - five times her size! ...
(Daily Mail)
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7/22/2010
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LA
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is the problem really that bad? ... searching for the Gulf oil leak's victims ... (BBC News)
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7/22/2010
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Large and healthy breeding population of Chuck-will’s Widow discovered in Bahamas ... may also be breeding
in Cuba ... (BirdLife International)
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7/22/2010
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American Robins, other southern species increasingly seen in the Arctic ... not previously considered
Arctic birds ... (NatGeo News Watch)
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7/22/2010
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Personal reflections on helping with oiled bird rehabilitation on Gulf Coast ... pelicans, herons, gannets,
loons, and gulls ... (Womens Intern'l Perspective)
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7/22/2010
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LA
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Louisiana landowners respond in record numbers ... to the MBHI payment incentives for flooding their
lands ... (NewOrleans.Com)
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7/22/2010
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A wing must produce lift ... an unalterable truth which remains constant since the days of the Wright
Brothers ... (West Fargo Pioneer)
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7/22/2010
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PA
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COLUMBIA - Peregrine Falcons successfully hatch chicks in nest ... on Route 462 Columbia-Wrightsville
bridge ... (Lancaster Newspapers)
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7/22/2010
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NY
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BABYLON - Robert Moses SP tight- ens regulations to protect Piping Plovers ... after two chicks found
crushed in SUV tire track ... (WABC)
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7/22/2010
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SC
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JACKSON - Audubon Center annual Storks & Corks event set for Saturday, Aug. 7 ... (Aiken Standard)
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7/22/2010
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CANADA - Yellow-nose Albatross shows up in Ontario for the first time ever ... found barely alive on Wolfe
Island ... (CANOE)
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7/22/2010
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UK
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RSPB blames intensive farming, harsh winters for sharp decline in Kestrels ... ag groups says 'nonsense' ...
(FarmersWeekly)
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7/22/2010
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UK
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Swan Upping on the River Thames ... tradition started to prevent farmers from eating them into
extinction ... (BBC News)
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7/21/2010
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New report slams BP's Gulf bird habitat efforts ... may be causing more harm than good to birds ... (IBRRC)
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7/21/2010
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VA
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VIDEOLINK ... mockingbird 'terrorizing' customers at Central Park in Fredericksburg ... (WTVR)
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7/21/2010
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FL
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12th Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival set for Sept. 22-26 ... keynoter Pete Dunne ... (Newman PR)
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7/21/2010
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AL
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Update from Alabama Wildlife Center oiled-bird-facility ... managed by two agencies contracted by BP ...
(Alabama Wildlife Center)
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7/21/2010
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2010 duck breeding population similar to last year ... 21 percent above the long-term average ... (USF&WS)
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7/21/2010
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Birds chose different path to manage their sexes ... males have two Z chromosomes ... females have one Z
and one W ... (New York Times)
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7/21/2010
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NY
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Crime and passion among the Cliff Swallows ... pretty little birds are actually kleptoparasites ...
(Rochester D and C)
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7/21/2010
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NJ
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Cape May ... birder's paradise ... (Wild New Jersey)
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7/21/2010
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NC
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LAKE LURE - Peregrine Falcons pair nests in Chimney Rock SP ... first success there since 1989 ...
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
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7/21/2010
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OH
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Portage County provides birders new and diverse habitats to explore ... (Plain Dealer)
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7/21/2010
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KENYA - How to catch a bird ... make your own trap ... (New York Times)
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7/20/2010
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NY
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American White Pelican spotted in Queens ... by non-actual-birder Bonnie Frogma while kayaking by Jamaica
Bay WR ... (Gothamist)
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7/20/2010
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New birdwatching social community gets all the tweets ... 4,000 birdwatchers signed up since June 2009 ...
(Earthtimes)
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7/20/2010
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TX
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Relocated Gulf Pelicans "enjoying" Texas ... at the 115,000 acre Aransas NWR ... (National Geographic)
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7/20/2010
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LA
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Scientists ask public to report banded birds ... bands on Gulf of Mexico oil birds have a unique ID
number ... (IBRRC)
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7/20/2010
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LA
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PHOTOESSAY ... oil "devasta- ing" to major Gulf nesting site ... (National Geographic)
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7/20/2010
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CA
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San Diego's Ocean Beach Dunes home to endangered California Least Tern ... one of the few remaining coastal
dune habitats in Calif. ... (KPBS)
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7/20/2010
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Watching "sexy" males leads to better chicks, study says ... (Surfbirds News)
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7/20/2010
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UK
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Britain's annual swan count begins on River Thames ... a continuing medieval tradition ... (Canadian Press)
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7/19/2010
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Ospreys love to dump garbage in their nests ... but the mix can be deadly ...
(Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ)
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7/19/2010
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How to create a butterfly and hummingbird garden ... by Patricia Sutton ... (New Jersey Audubon)
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7/19/2010
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LA
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Beloved pelicans offer us a way to wrap our minds around the Gulf oil spill ... (nola.com)
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7/19/2010
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LA
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Wings and a prayer: A graphic short story of one brown pelican's journey of hope ... (nola.com)
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7/19/2010
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AZ
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Conservation by litigation hindering wildlife conservation efforts ... as court rulings increasingly trump
science ... (Arizona Republic)
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7/19/2010
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AZ
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Reviving an Arizona native species is only sometimes successful ... condors will never roam as far and wide
as they once did ... (Arizona Republic)
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7/19/2010
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BOOKREVIEW ... Where to Watch Birds in Central America and the Caribbean ... (Jackson NJ Online)
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7/19/2010
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SC
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Wood Stork demands prudence at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort ... (Hilton Head Island Packet)
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7/19/2010
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NY
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Despite the heat, July is a great time to watch birds ... (Rochester D&C)
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7/19/2010
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CT
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SANDY POINT - Least Terns, Piping Plovers, American Oystercatchers, and Common Terns nesting on Sandy
Point ... (TheDay.com)
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7/19/2010
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UK
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Survey says Kestrel numbers have drastically declined ... one of the UK's most familiar birds of prey ...
(Independent)
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7/19/2010
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UK
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SCOTLAND - BTO survey says Chiffchaff increasing in Scotland ... up by 289% ... (Scotsman)
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7/18/2010
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UK
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Conservationists work to bring back one of Britain's rarest birds ... Avocets thrive on Read's Island ...
(BBC News)
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7/18/2010
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MN
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Sandhill Crane hunting returns to Minnesota after 94 year absence ... mid-continent crane population
averaging over 450,000 birds ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
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7/18/2010
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NE
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Birds are important to Calamus area private ranchers ... owner applies for, receives Audubon IBA
designation for family ranch ... (Grand Island Independent)
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7/18/2010
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NY
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Second, and third, thoughts over killing of Prospect Park Canada Geese ... perhaps reasoning was flawed? ...
(New York Times)
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7/18/2010
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MA
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Shorebirds making amazing journey to South America ... some already 2,000 miles from home ...
(Cape Cod Times)
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7/18/2010
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UK
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Red Kites thriving in North West England at Grizedale Forest ... under three-year project to reintroduce
them into the region ... (Westmorland Gazette)
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7/17/2010
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CA
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349 California Condors still around ... 180 of them have been released into the wild ... (Buffalo News)
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7/17/2010
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NE
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Webcam focuses on nesting Least Tern ... at an active sand and gravel operation along the North Loup River
near Ord ... (AP/KCAU)
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7/17/2010
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ICELAND - Black Tern spotted in north Iceland ... black Arctic Tern? ... or Black Tern? ...
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7/17/2010
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MO
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Landowners strengthen Missouri wetlands to help birds affected by Gulf spill ... (Examiner.com)
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7/17/2010
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VA
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American Oystercatchers banded at Virginia's Metompkin Island ... very low-tech method ...
(Norfolk Virginian Pilot)
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7/17/2010
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NJ
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MOUNT LAUREL - Outrage over deadly attack on Canada Geese ... at shopping center retention pond ...
(Cherry Hill Courier Post)
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7/17/2010
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DE
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MILTON - Officials round up, euthanize dozens of Canada Geese from Wagamons Pond ... ongoing
goose-management program ... (Cape Gazette)
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7/17/2010
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NY
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HEMLOCK - Cliff Swallows observed ... nesting at Hemlock Lake Park ... (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
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7/17/2010
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NY
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STERLING - Eastern Phoebes found nesting on the porch at the Sterling Nature Center Visitor's Center ...
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
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7/17/2010
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CANADA - Birders flock to Newfound- land to see one of the largest seabird rookeries ... at Cape St. Mary's
Seabird Ecological Reserve ... (Richmond Times Dispatch)
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7/16/2010
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CANADA - Baby Eagle followed by webcam dies ... its 11 weeks of life were followed by more than 11,000
people ... (Vancouver Sun)
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7/16/2010
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CA
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Renowned bird expert killed in canyon fall ... while counting owls overnight in the Angeles NF ...
(San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
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7/16/2010
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NY
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NYC Audubon issues statement to clarify its position on culling of geese near NYC airports ...
(Huffington Post)
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7/16/2010
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CA
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Biologists suspect residual DDT ... for thinning egg shells in California condors ...
(San Jose Mercury News)
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7/16/2010
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CA
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City engineers make room for bird baths during LA's Echo Park Lake rehab project ... (Eastsider LA)
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7/16/2010
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CO
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Proposal to list Mountain Plover draws strong ag resistance in Colorado ... would affect farming in 7
western states ... (Western Farmer-Stockman)
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7/16/2010
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PA
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Birdman of Lehigh Township ... spends a month or more building each feeder ... (Allentown Morning Call)
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7/16/2010
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CANADA - Piping Plover chicks successfully raised by Moncton zoo ... found abandoned in P.E. Island NP ...
(CBC.ca)
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7/16/2010
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UK
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Work on demolishing condemned tower delayed when a family of Peregrine Falcons moves in ...
(Birmingham Mail)
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7/16/2010
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GERMANY - Can vultures help police find corpses? ... police planning to train them to find human remains ...
(Independent Online)
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7/15/2010
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International collaboration key to saving Middle East's rarest bird ... Northern Bald Ibis now
critically endangered ... (Scientific American)
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7/15/2010
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LA
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Cornell team finds oil devastation at major Gulf breeding sight ... 40% of juvenile Terns have visible oil
on them ... (Newswise)
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7/15/2010
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FL
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Oil-spill victims get a second chance ... at Tri-state Bird Rescue and Research centers ...
(Orlando Sentinel )
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7/15/2010
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MN
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Minn. DNR tags loons to study effects of oil spill ... worked through the night to outfit a pair with GPS
transmitters ... (Grand Forks Herald)
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7/15/2010
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FL
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Oil free Sanibel chosen for release of Pelicans and Gannets ... airlifted aboard a U.S. Coast Guard plane
from Louisiana ... (Island Sun and River Weekly)
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7/15/2010
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CA
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Registration opens for the pop- ular Monterey Bay Birding Festival ... this year's event to celebrate
diversity ... (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
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7/15/2010
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NH
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Gassing of New Hampshire's Canada Geese viewed by some as ghastly ... population currently double what the
state should have ... (Union Leader)
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7/15/2010
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NC
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LAKE LURE - Peregrines nest successfully at Chimney Rock SP ... one male and one female ...
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
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7/15/2010
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NJ
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BOOKREVIEW ... Bayshore Summer: Finding Eden in a Most Unlikely Place by Pete Dunne ...
(Victoria Advocate)
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7/15/2010
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UK
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SCOTLAND - Black Isle Red Kite chicks believed to have eaten poisoned rats ... 8 young found dead or
dying ... (BBC News)
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