About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 166. Not illustrated. Chapters: Ornithology Stubs, Dawn Chorus, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Proventricular Dilatation Disease, Rosemary Low, Hatchling, Pish, Uropygial Gland, the Institute for Bird Populations, Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm, British Ornithologists' Union, Sort Sol, Flock, Feather-Plucking, Jizz, British Birdwatching Fair, Urohidrosis, V Formation, Bare-Fronted Hoodwink, British Ornithologists' Club, Syrinx, Clutch, Heligoland Trap, Pacific Flyway, Penguin Sweater, Welsh Ornithological Society, Central Flyway, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, West Pacific Flyway, Gular Skin, Keel, Mississippi Flyway, Bird Hide, Heronry, Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point, Atlantic Flyway, Rookery, East Asian Australasian Flyway, Drift Migration, Breeding Bird Survey, Paleornithology, Rocket Net, Pennaceous Feather, Bird-Skyscraper Collisions, Synsacrum, Culmen, Barren Grounds Bird Observatory, Seawatching, Parrots of New Guinea, Tibiotarsus, Gleaning, Creche, Bird Reserve, Avian Brain Nomenclature Consortium, Australasian Seabird Group, Tibial Dyschondroplasia, Transfer Effect, Australian Bird Study Association, Australasian Raptor Association, Skylarking, Screech Owl Sanctuary, Nidopallium, Barbule, Filicollosis, International Ornithological Committee, Rangle, 1962 in Birding and Ornithology. Excerpt: The Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center is dedicated to fostering greater understanding, appreciation, and protection of the grand phenomenon of bird migration. Founded with Congressional support in 1991 at a time of increased awareness of the conservation issues facing North American migratory songbirds, it was incorporated in the National Zoological Park in 1997. In 1998 it developed the Bird Friendly coffee program, a unique initiative that fosters management practices at coffee farms that are good f...
