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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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A pinky mouse…a day or two old… in a dishwasher box,” wrote Cindy Sobels Sniecinski in Michigan. “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! “But there was a reason – the people found it in a lake, floating on the watermelon.” “A She even slept with it.”

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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What do you say when someone tells you they will be spending the summer in the Lower Michigan Peninsula? Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. Forest Service.

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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. It also, it turns out, contains ‘volatile compounds’ (“small chemical compounds that have a tendency to vaporize at room temperature”, p. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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Bird Surprises

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This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. We were driving up to northwestern Michigan from our homes in Ohio (me) and West ByGod Virginia (Geoff) in search of a bird species that would be a lifer for both of us: the Bohemian Waxwing. Flash forward ten hours. Snow Bunting? Or Sh*t-picker?&#

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All Three Populations of North American Trumpeter Swans Are Increasing

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During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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How many eggs did a pigeon lay? He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season. Avery offers some interesting insights into the biology of the Passenger Pigeon.

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