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  3/8/2010 FL Night Heron loves the wet landscape ... Yellow-crowned Night Heron ... (Nyctanassa violacea) ...
(News-Sun )

  3/8/2010 FL Scrub-jay fight for survival continues ... volunteers give hundreds of hours a year ... (Bradenton Herald)
  3/8/2010 TN Neighborhood's vulture problem may be solved ... carcasses hung in effigy ... (Greeneville Sun)
  3/8/2010 TX 8th Annual Galveston FeatherFest Birding Festival to be held April 8 - 11 ... (Associated Content)
  3/8/2010 FL The friendship continues ... James and Henry pals since 2007 rescue ... (Gulf Coast Newspapers)
  3/8/2010 WI Authorities still searching for culprits ... in the destruction of equipment of Whooping Crane group ...
(Wisconsin State Journal)

  3/8/2010 BOOKREVIEW ... Penguin ... by Frans Lanting ... 2008, Taschen ... $7.99 ... hardbound, 190
pages ... (TriCities.com)

  3/8/2010 CA
OR
Largest gathering of Bald Eagles in the continental U.S. takes place ... each winter near the
California-Oregon border ... (Contra Costa Times)

  3/7/2010 FL Whooping Cranes settle into life at winter home ... at Chassahowitzka NWR ... (ocala.com)
  3/7/2010 FL VIDEOLINK ... tending Whooping Cranes at Chassahowitzka NWR ... (YouTube)
  3/7/2010 FL Snacking on endangered Wood Storks ... special python hunting season begins on FL state lands Monday ...
(New York Times)

  3/7/2010 CA Yurok Tribe wins $200,000 from USF&WS to continue California Condor reintroduction work ... extends project
for at least 1 more year ... (Daily Triplicate)

  3/7/2010 IN Indianapolis' Peregrines exhibiting parenting behaviors ... (Examiner.com)
  3/7/2010 UT Reward offered in case of illegally plucking out the tail feathers of an injured Golden Eagle ...
(St. George Daily Spectrum)

  3/7/2010 LA Biologists harass Egrets away from levee construction zone ... rookery used for 40 years ... (NOLA.com)
  3/7/2010 VA PHOTOGALLERY ... Allen Bryan's pics of Black-headed Gulls just west of Little Creek Inlet ...
(VisitingNature)

  3/7/2010 MA PROVINCETOWN - Protests to National Seashore's crow-poisoning plan continue ... (Wicked Local Truro)
  3/7/2010 NJ WENONAH - Misunderstood with a bad reputation ... Jersey vultures are marvelous creatures ...
(newjerseynewsroom.com)

  3/7/2010 Algae blooms grow into the world's largest dead zone ... in the Baltic Sea ... (National Geographic)
  3/6/2010 Audubon guide to buying a spotting scope ... how to do it right ... (Audubon Magazine)
  3/6/2010 Say Awwww! ... Ferruginous Pygmy Owl ... sooooo cute! ... (Huffington Post)
  3/6/2010 AL Broken wing repaired ... Peregrine headed to Florida for further rehab ... (Birmingham News)
  3/6/2010 MN More and more Bald Eagles are calling Douglas County home ... approximately 2,300 pairs nesting in
Minnesota in '07 ... (Alexandria Echo Press)

  3/6/2010 Black-faced Spoonbill numbers up again as Action Plans are launched ... still far from being saved from
extinction ... (BirdLife International)

  3/6/2010 CANADA - Approach of spring means Turkeys getting in the mood ... red wattles have developed on the
neck ... (Ottawa Citizen)

  3/5/2010 NC How to read bands on American Oystercatchers ... instructions on how to report a sighting ... (ncsu.edu)
  3/5/2010 CT Aggressive red-tailed hawk taking no prisoners in Stonington ... Conn. town warns residents about vicious
hawk ... (AP/TheDay.com)

  3/5/2010 WA Rest Stop ... several dozen Great Blue Herons caught loitering on pilings ... (Spokesman Review)
  3/5/2010 Beware of birding experts ... even if that expert is you ... (Hattiesburg American)
  3/5/2010 NJ Rare Redheaded Woodpecker seen in Oradell ... on New Jersey's threatened list ... (NorthJersey.com)
  3/5/2010 CT Albino Red-tailed Hawk spotted in Greenwich ... photo by Jennifer Braverman ... (Under Clear Skies)
  3/5/2010 One of Ireland’s first wild hatched Golden eagles has been poisoned ... (Wildlife Extra)
  3/4/2010 NJ N.J. scientists say Red Knot population still endangered ... despite recent rise in numbers ...
(Star-Ledger )

  3/4/2010 Ecotourism is going to the birds ... ABC recommends a 'conservation birding' vacation this year ...
(OnEarth Magazine)

  3/4/2010 TX Whooper flock total remains 263 at Aransas ... food availability is improving ... (Victoria Advocate)
  3/4/2010 FL Displaced Great Blue Herons doing well ... eating like pigs ... (Bradenton Herald)
  3/4/2010 AZ USF&WS wants Ariz. Bald Eagles off endangered list ... aren't significantly different from other eagles ...
(AP/San Antonio Express-News)

  3/4/2010 UT Registration for 12th annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival now open ... festival runs May 13-17 ...
(Deseret News)

  3/4/2010 CA San Jose's celebrity falcon delivers first egg of the season ... (KTVU)
  3/4/2010 MA GRAFTON — Euthanization of an injured Red-tail sparks heated debate ... after vet forced by state to turn
the bird over to Tufts ... (Worcester Telegram)

  3/4/2010 DE A haven for birds, beachcombers ... Point at Cape Henlopen provides nesting ground, lesson in geology ...
(News Journal)

  3/4/2010 New BirdLife report identifies key threats to Rockhopper Penguins ... populations in serious decline
worldwide ... (Birdlife International)

  3/4/2010 UK Sign up to help with the Breeding Bird Survey ... and get a free CD of British bird songs and calls ...
(Surfbirds News)

  3/3/2010 UT Think 'Neapolitan ice cream!' ... Gray-crowned Rosy Finch a high elevation specialist ... (StandardNet)
  3/3/2010 CT Watch Mystic Aquarium's baby Penguins by webcam while at work ... (Zoo and Aquarium Visitor News)
  3/3/2010 FL Corkscrew Sanctuary named Vital Wetland Of Global Importance ... (Surfbirds News)
  3/3/2010 NM Birders descend on Mesilla Valley Bosque SP to catch a glimpse of Aplomado Falcon ... trek from as far away
as Sante Fe, El Paso, Tucson, and California ... (Las Cruces Sun-News)

  3/3/2010 MO Short-eared Owls bunch? together by the hundreds near Greenfield and Lockwood ... 28 owls sitting on one
small corral fence ... (Lake Expo)

  3/3/2010 MN Pileated Woodpecker caught napping near suet feeder ... (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
  3/3/2010 NJ Heating oil delivery truck over- turns ... 1,000 gallons of oil heads towards environmentally sensitive
wetlands ... (Today's Sunbeam)

  3/3/2010 GA PHOTOSTREAM ... Roy Brown snaps a Red-breasted Nuthatch at Watson Gap ... (flickr)
  3/3/2010 SC GREENVILLE - Ceremony names Lake Conestee Nature Park an Audubon Society IBA ... (Greenville News)
  3/3/2010 UK Supercharged Common Swifts take flight speed record ... the fasted bird recorded in level flight ...
(BBC News)

  3/2/2010 Miniature Marvels! ... birds nests ... (Audubon Magazine)
  3/2/2010 HI 24 bird species found only in Hawaii added to Migratory Bird Treaty Act ... (Honolulu Advertiser)
  3/2/2010 White House adviser-turned- bird-photographer dead at 86 ... Theodore Cross died Sunday following a fall at
his home ... (NPR)

  3/2/2010 CT Vultures becoming more conspicuous in Connecticut ... northward expansion of ranges continues ...
(Waterbury Republican American)

  3/2/2010 OH The economics of birdwatching in Ohio ... 2.4 million birdwatchers in the state ... (Columbus Other Paper)
  3/2/2010 UK SCOTLAND - Petition calls for action on illegal bird killing ... almost 22,000 people have signed ...
(BBC News)

  3/2/2010 UK White blackbird lands in Hereford garden ... (Hereford Times)
  3/1/2010 CA Could be a "Very Busy Year" for Condors in Southern California ... two eggs already found ... another six
pairs acting like they’re ready to nest ... (Santa Barbara Independent)

  3/1/2010 UK Photographer captures rare sight of River Severn Kingfishers mating ... photographer waited five weeks
to get this shot ... (Times Online)

  3/1/2010 FL Look whooo's here! ... Visitors to Fort Matanzas think Great Horned Owl family is quite a hoot ...
(St. Augustine Record)

  3/1/2010 TN Hummingbirds on their way back from Costa Rica ... should reach Tennessee by the end of March ...
(The Tennessean)

  3/1/2010 CA Clear Lake SP to host 16th annual Heron Festival April 24 and 25 ... (Lake County News)
  3/1/2010 CA It's getting wild out there ... spring is in the air ... it's mating season for mammals and birds ...
(OCRegister)

  3/1/2010 NY Bald Eagles in love ... locking their talons as they tumble dramatically toward the ground ...
(Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

  3/1/2010 OH Those amazing crowned Kinglets ... Ruby and Golden are each 'one tough little bird' ... (Toledo Blade)
  3/1/2010 VT PHOTOGALLERY ... Ivory Gull at Rouses Point ... photos by Larry Master ... (masterimages.org)
  3/1/2010 NY Falcons hatched atop Kodak Tower travel thousands of miles ... website tracks the journey ...
(Democrat & Chronicle)

  3/1/2010 NY Love, betrayal, conflict surround Rochester's falcon story ... (Democrat & Chronicle)
  3/1/2010 UK SCOTLAND - Small birds 'struggling in cold' ... heavy snow and prolonged deep frosts in the Highlands ...
(BBC News)

 2/28/2010 OR Winter Wrens hunker down in the Puget lowlands year-round ... a little brown bird with a very big song ...
(Seattle Times)

 2/28/2010 PA How to help predators survive through snow storms in winter ... clear off a patch under your feeder ...
(Pocono Record)

 2/28/2010 TN U.S. Rep. Zach Wamp ruffles bird lovers feathers ... says coal mining is good for birds ... (The Tennessean)
 2/28/2010 VANCOUVER - Some birds you might see were you at the winter Olympics this year ... Golden Eagle, Gray Jay,
Violet-green Swallow, et al ... (Vancouver Sun)

 2/28/2010 UK Conservationists vote overwhelmingly against Sea Eagles being released ... but RSPB plunges ahead ...
(Norfolk Eastern Daily Press)

 2/28/2010 PA PHOTOSTREAM ... Meredith Lombard snaps some wintering birds at LASA in Washington Boro ... (flickr)
 2/28/2010 NJ SLIDESHOW ... Rusty Blackbird and Monk Parakeets in Stephanie Seymour's back yard ... (picasa)
 2/27/2010 SC Red Knots in big trouble in the Lowcountry ... used to see thousands on Hilton Head Island's beaches during
the '80s ... (Hilton Head Island Packet)

 2/27/2010 GBBC results ... 10.5 million birds and counting ... (Audubon Magazine)
 2/27/2010 IN Sandhill Cranes in the midst of migration through Greene County ... first-ever Marsh Madness bird festival
set for March 5-6 ... (Greene County Daily World)

 2/27/2010 CA Vandenberg AFB beaches to close for nesting plovers ... 20,000 acres along West Coast beaches declared
critical habitat by feds ... (Santa Maria Times)

 2/27/2010 CA Birder working to bring Burrowing Owls back to the tall grasslands of Northern California ...
(Sonoma Index-Tribune)

 2/27/2010 IL Chicago skyscraper wins 2009 architecture award ... also uses special glass to prevent bird strikes ...
(Independent)

 2/27/2010 NY Major water quality improvements coming to New York's Jamaica Bay ... home to endangered/threatened species
including Peregrine Falcons ... (Water World)

 2/27/2010 WV Golden eagle injured in illegal trap ... one toe and tip of another amputated ... (Charleston Daily Mail)
 2/27/2010 PA Feds say Somerset windmills would not be aviation hazard ... but Audu- bon concerned about impact on migra-
tory birds ... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

 2/27/2010 PHILIPPINES - The delights of birdwatching according to Bernardo M. Villegas ... "I never thought I would
appreciate birdwatching" ... (Manila Bulletin)

 2/26/2010 Maybe they're not as smart as we thought? ... brainy crows finally stumped by intelligence test ...
(Wired Science)

 2/26/2010 NY Theatrical release in the works for "The Legend Of Pale Male" ... new feature length documentary doing well
in film festivals ... (thelegendofpalemale.com)

 2/26/2010 ID ABC asks USF&WS to give Greater Sage-Grouse ESA status ... population decline, relentless expansion of
energy developments into sagebrush habitat ... (Island Park News)

 2/26/2010 TX Whooper death drops Aransas flock to 263 ... biologists putting together a feeding plan ...
(Victoria Advocate)

 2/26/2010 CO New study shows natural antioxidants give top Barn Swallows a leg up on competitors ... at least as far as
reproduction goes ... (EurekAlert)

 2/26/2010 MI Bald Eagles a bit of a headache for airport officials ... no brush- cutting can be done within 660 feet of
the nest ... (Bay City Times )

 2/26/2010 FL Fakahatchee a tropical jewel unlike any other in the U.S. ... "Florida's Amazon" ... (Miami Herald)
 2/26/2010 CA Bald Eagles back in Santa Clara County ... practically unheard of thirty years ago ... (Gilroy Dispatch)
 2/26/2010 VT ALBURGH - Ivory Gull spotted near the Rouse's Point Bridge ... birders drawn from as far away as Toronto ...
(Burlington Free Press)

 2/26/2010 CT Dark morph Red-tailed Hawk makes rare appearance in Connecticut ... belongs out west ...
(Waterbury Republican American)

 2/26/2010 UK Nuclear reprocessing plant mulls cull of radioactive gulls ... larine carcasses to be stored on site ...
(The Register)

 2/25/2010 UK Three-year-old tames birds ... owls nearly as tall as she is ... (The Sun)
 2/25/2010 New eBird feature sends you email when a bird you need for your state list has been reported ... (eBird)
 2/25/2010 OR USF&WS will decide soon ... whether Sage Grouse deserves ESA protection ... (OregonLive.com)
 2/25/2010 FL Birds flock to restored wetlands along Kissimmee River ... hundreds of egrets, herons, ibises and storks
... and more ... (The Ledger)

 2/25/2010 PA We always knew that Twitter's for the birds! ... DEP 'tweets' progress of Harrisburg's rare Peregrine
Falcon couple ... (Reuters)

 2/25/2010 MA AUDIOLINK ... WICN interviews Bruce deGraaf ... author of Avian Awakening: Discovering The Birds Of
New England
... (WICN)

 2/25/2010 MA Preview the book on-line ... (blurb)
 2/25/2010 GA PHOTOSTREAM ... Bachman's Sparrow near Albany ... (flickr/Roy Brown)
 2/25/2010 Unearthing how dinosaurs became birds ... Xu Xing believes birds evolved from dinosaurs ...
(Audubon Magazine)

 2/25/2010 TURKEY - Vultures dine at new Turkish carrion restaurant ... stocked with clean (toxin-free) meat needed to
thrive ... (Discovery News)

 2/25/2010 BOOKREVIEWS ... Two new field guides to the birds of Costa Rica ... (ScienceBlogs)
 2/24/2010 MD Twin snow storms jeopardize future of Maryland Zoo and its aviaries ... Long-eared Owl on the loose in
Druid Park ... (Baltimore Sun)

 2/24/2010 PA PHILADELPHIA - New season of hawks via Franklin Institute webcam ... officially up and running ...
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

 2/24/2010 Sibley takes on distinguishing female Barrow's and Common Golden- eyes ... has only seen 3 yellow-billed
female Commons in the U.S. ... (Sibley Guides)

 2/24/2010 Environmentalists hail Supreme Court's denial of 3 high-profile cases ... industry attempted challenges to
fed environmental regs ... (New York Times)

 2/24/2010 Track Purple Martin migration using BirdsEye app on your iPhone ... $19.99 ... (New York Times)
 2/24/2010 CT Connecticut a popular dining spot in late winter for predatory birds ... (Hartford Courant)
 2/24/2010 MA CAPE COD - Opposition growing to feds plan to poison crows to protect Piping Plovers ... (Cape Cod Times)
 2/24/2010 OH Killdeer Plains WA among best places in Ohio ... for raptors in winter ... (Plain Dealer)
 2/24/2010 VA RIDGEWAY - Scouts help woman eliminate vulture problems above her home ... (Martinsville Bulletin)
 2/24/2010 UK Final call for nest boxes ... still time to put out nest boxes ... (Wildlife Extra)
 2/24/2010 GERMANY - New study suggests a magnetometer may be in the upper beak of birds ... can measure vector of the
Earth's magnetic field ... (EurekAlert)

 2/23/2010 AZ 3 California Condors die of lead poisoning in Arizona ... 1st such deaths in 3 years ...
(AP/Los Angeles Times)

 2/23/2010 BINOREVIEW ... Swarovski EL Traveler ... (The Birdfreak Team)
 2/23/2010 UK Nearer my God to thee! ... three young Barn Owls make themselves comfortable in the quatrefoil of a
church ... (Daily Mail)

 2/23/2010 CA Scientists believe bad weather, food shortages responsible for wave of Brown Pelican deaths ... (KCBA)
 2/23/2010 FL Biologists to study Florida's nesting Sandhills ... may put a data-logging 'egg', and a camera, into their
nest ... (Daytona Beach News-Journal)

 2/23/2010 FL Wood Storks spreading out to small lakes ... higher water levels from recent rains means more feeding
habitat for them ... (Orlando Sentinel)

 2/23/2010 Sam D. Hamilton dead at 54 ... director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since September ...
(Washington Post)

 2/23/2010 MA Roseate Tern decline perplexes researchers ... Cape Cod’s shoreline even more important to them than to
Piping plovers ... (Wicked Local Orleans)

 2/23/2010 NJ PHOTOGALLERY ... Black-headed Gull in North Cape May ... (Karl Lukens)
 2/23/2010 PA Move over Steelers! ... Crows might be a better mascot for your city ... (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
 2/23/2010 DE Point at Cape Henlopen to close March 1 ... nesting shorebirds need peace and quiet ... (News Journal)
 2/23/2010 AFGHANISTAN - Birding in Badakhshan ... a good place for birds to hide ... (New York Times)

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