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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science. The more glass, the more bird kills. ©2012 Donna L.

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Murder Most Wildfowl: A Review of “A Dance of Cranes” by Steve Burrows

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This is good news, and especially so for birders. It’s a matter of personal preference: neither does every reader like, say, science fiction, or the writing of Henry James, or romance novels. Fair enough.

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Flock to Marion

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This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. It is still volcanically active with researchers periodically discovering new flows.

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A Problem with Gulls

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These Blasts From The Past No Owls at Croton Point I Hate Connecticut… Birding Kazakhstan: Morning of Day 1 in Astana Ottawa By Way of Ohio The Snow Bunting That Almost Killed Me, or, Hyperbole in Bird Blog Post Titles is Fun! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or

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

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” This illustration from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (July 1875), drawn by Smith Bennett, is included in both The Passenger Pigeon and A Message From Martha. This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. 8) that could not possibly happen in Europe.

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Africa’s endangered species

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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. This represents 6% of the estimated mid-continental spring population of 322,700 birds for the same two decades. Tennessee found that out in January.

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