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Veterans Profit From Rules; Percentage in Federal Jobs Remains High Despite Cuts
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The percentage of veterans being hired by federal agencies has
increased at a time when the government has cut about 163,000 civil
service jobs, according to a new report on veterans' employment
prepared by the Office of Personnel Management.
As the nation celebrates Veterans Day this weekend, the report
shows the edge that federal personnel laws give veterans in obtaining
a government job and keeping it when agencies lay off workers.
OPM's new figures show that in fiscal 1993 the government hired
43,176 full-time employees, of whom 30.8 percent were veterans. Of
37,892 hires in fiscal 1994, ...
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Where have all the grosbeaks gone?
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press
; ...calls the rate of grosbeak decline "spectacular...plan for evening grosbeaks claims that the...speculate that evening grosbeak populations are...diets of nestling grosbeaks, and adults eat...major part of the grosbeak fall, winter and...indicates that female grosbeaks tend to ...
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Disappearing act: evening grosbeaks from feeders.(decline in population of evening grosbeaks)
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist
; ...locations still hosting grosbeaks. Wilson's journals...the reality that his grosbeak records simply could...Wilson once banded 59 grosbeaks in a single day, January...decades, the evening grosbeak stands out in contrast...reported sightings of grosbeaks at thei
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First observation of cavity nesting by a female Blue Grosbeak.
Magazine article from: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
; ...within nests of Blue Grosbeaks (Ingold 1993...a common item in grosbeak nests (Strecker...conical bills, grosbeaks' bills are obviously...addition, Blue Grosbeak chicks have yellow...reports of female Blue Grosbeaks laying eggs with...pattern for Blue Grosbeak eggs (Davie 1898...
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 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK HAS A ROSY DISPOSITION
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; PHOTO The male rose-breasted grosbeak (top) stands out with its black and...first laid eyes on a rose-breasted grosbeak. Seeing this handsome bird was just...spring migration, but the rose-breasted grosbeak does us the courtesy of staying on for...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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More rare than gold; Evening grosbeak visits are missed.(Life-Discovery)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...like. A male evening grosbeak would have a black head...tail. Male evening grosbeaks are really the only...in the winter. The grosbeak inhabits the "spruce...specialist. Evening grosbeaks like a variety of plant...observed an evening grosbeak feeding on cherries...
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Frequent fliers; Rose-breasted grosbeaks here to breed.(Life-Discovery)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus...rose-breasted grosbeaks have finally made...rose-breasted grosbeak spends the winter...rose-breasted grosbeaks appear in the beginning...Rose-breasted grosbeaks are so shy that...rose-breasted grosbeak has been described...
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Pine grosbeaks flocking to feed on crab apples
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ...geologist, found the first flock of pine grosbeaks in Greater Bangor back in early November...Pond Audubon Center in Holden. Pine grosbeaks are nearly the size of robins. Most...time seeing them, first- year pine grosbeaks are hard to identify. The adult females...
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LUCKY ONES HAVE SEEN A ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...gives the rose-breasted grosbeak its name With a coal-black...elsewhere, a male rose-breasted grosbeak is not a bird to be confused...second part of their name, ``grosbeak.'' Those big thick grosbeaks are good for cracking open...
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Bird Tales with a Bite - Their "gross beaks" may be the reason for their renown, but these five species also have some interesting stories to tell.(grosbeaks)
Magazine article from: National Wildlife
; ...until rose-breasted grosbeaks show up in my woodlot...The black-headed grosbeak with its melodious song...its kind is the pine grosbeak, whose excursions well...or capricious, the grosbeaks captivate their human...fascinating as the evening grosbeak's tale, beginning...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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GROSBEAKS IN THE EAST ARE AN UNCOMMON SIGHT.(Stars)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; ...I saw some evening grosbeaks with a green bill...white. The evening grosbeak breeds in the spruce...states. The evening grosbeak relishes the seends...accommodate the plump grosbeak, you will find it better...Asanoma A PAIR of evening grosbeaks visit a birdbath during...
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