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IMBD Spring Festival on the San Pedro River!
Join the Sonoran Joint Venture, the Friends of the San Pedro River, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Coronado National Forest for their annual International Migratory Bird Day Spring Festival at the San Pedro House in Sierra Vista, Arizona on Saturday, May 9, 2009. The celebration will include hands-on activities and workshops for children and adults, guided nature walks, hummingbird banding, informational displays and booths, live music, food, and much more
View a complete schedule of the day's activities here.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Working Group formed
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo Working Group was  recently formed in an effort to coordinate research efforts and develop a conservation plan to guide the management of the western Yellow-billed Cuckoo and its habitat.
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Decline of Bird Species Signals a Warning
 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently announced the release of the first ever U.S. State of the Birds report. The report documents the decline of bird populations in many habitats due to habitat loss, invasive species and other factors.
2008 Birds of Conservation Concern published
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Migratory Bird
Management recently announced the availability of its publication,
Birds of Conservation Concern 2008. This publication identifies species, subspecies, and populations of migratory and nonmigratory birds in need of additional conservation actions. It is designed to stimulate coordinated and collaborative proactive conservation actions among Federal, State, tribal, and private partners. The species that appear in Birds of Conservation Concern 2008 are deemed to be the highest priority for conservation actions.
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