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A Corn Crake in New York State!

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…maybe there’s a secret Corn Crake breeding farm out in Gilgo Beach. In Rare Birds of North America (PUP, 2014), Steven N.G. Hopefully, its reaction to any feral cats in the area will be the same as its reactions to birders–run! No, I’d remember that, I didn’t see that many birds in France.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. Is it any wonder that Pink Pigeons were on the brink of extinction when humans intervened? I know, that’s harsh.

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