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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab

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Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? From West Virginia Metro News. The laboratory will be used to study human diseases and treatments. Tags: west virginia university animal research Obama tax dollars us. It will house rodents for use in experiments.

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Elton’s Egret

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Normally the slender, fairy-feathered shorebirds are shy and avoid the humans who encroach on their territory. But a small colony of them have made an exception for Elton Reed, who has fished off Chincoteague Island, Virginia for almost five decades. Snowy Egrets like to keep their distance.

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“It’s a good life”: Donald Kroodsma’s Birdsong

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To humans, birdsong is akin to Joycean language, isn’t it? Photographers: Wil Hershberger (American woodcock, Eastern whip-poor-will); Marie Read (Virginia rail, Northern flicker); Robert Royse (Canyon wren, Wilson’s snipe). And to follow Kroodsma’s suggested paths, all of them, might take you, not centuries, but surely years.

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“They fly and fly until there’s no more ocean to fly over” — a review of the book “Shearwater”

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Sixty or so days later, they fledge and, with no guidance from their parents, take off across the Atlantic – the equivalent, Morgan-Greenville says, of a four-month-old human baby “walking out of the house to make its own way in the world.” But human beings are not uniformly evil. For the next four years, the bird will not touch land.

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Accessibility Matters II:  Birdability Q&A

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Birdability was founded by Virginia Rose and she is thePresident. As I recently wrote , after hearing an interview with Virginia and Freya, I realized that I knew little about the accessibility of my regular birding locations. Freya McGregor is the Director of Programs and Outreach.

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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

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The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. The Common Grackle pictured at left was a patient at Wildlife Care Alliance in Virginia. “I Evidently, it was not easy to get the card back. “I I think she was aiming to buy herself some jewelry ,” said Erin.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. I want all of the above,” wrote Gay in Virginia. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season.

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