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Yet Again, Texas Developers Try to Delist the Endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler
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Yet Again, Texas Developers Try to Delist the Endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler

Relying on contested research and armed with a beguiling video ad campaign, the Texas Public Policy Foundation is back with a lawsuit.

Watch: New Shrike Film Shows Previously Undocumented 'Butcher Bird' Behaviors
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Watch: New Shrike Film Shows Previously Undocumented 'Butcher Bird' Behaviors

A filmmaker spent two years capturing rare footage of nesting Loggerhead Shrikes, including young birds practicing their impaling skills—on leaves.

Oxford holds ribbon cutting for Woodlawn-Davis Park
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Oxford holds ribbon cutting for Woodlawn-Davis Park

— Representatives from Strawberry Plains Audubon Center joined over 100 community members from Oxford, MS for the ribbon cutting of Woodlawn-Davis Park, Oxford's first "habitat' based park and another step toward becoming a bird-friendly city. Read more in the article from the Oxford Citizen.
Habitat Day: Marigold and the Faraway Tree
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Habitat Day: Marigold and the Faraway Tree

— Families and friends gathered on Sunday and participated in a day of activities celebrating the habitats of the Mississippi Hill Country. The afternoon began with a wagon ride out to the 300 year old Sharecropper Oak, one of several remnant shade trees remaining from prior agricultural days, where author and filmmaker, Alison Fast, led an interactive reading of her children’s book, Marigold and the Faraway Tree.
Conservation On the Ground: Oxford, MS
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Ole Miss Native Plant Campaign

— A multi-year project native plant and habitat campaign is gaining ground on campus at the University of Mississippi.
Remembering Bob Sargent
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Remembering Bob Sargent

Leucistic Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Leucistic Ruby-throated Hummingbird

A recent rare sighting and a first for Strawberry Plains.

Birders Flock to SPAC for Rare Bird Sighting
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Birders Flock to SPAC for Rare Bird Sighting

A Calliope, the smallest of hummingbirds in the U.S., made an unprecedented appearance.

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