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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

10,000 Birds

In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. Completed nests during this breeding season cannot be touched without a permit from the U.S. v=gJma0Szy8R8 References: 1 University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, June 2005.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

10,000 Birds

Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. birding tour company.

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Another Reason to Go Vegetarian

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According to Stephanie Woodard's column in Prevention published today, the CDC reports that "certain types of MRSA infections kill 18,000 Americans per year—more than die from AIDS." The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold. are fed to farm animals.

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

As the title tells us, the book covers over 1,000 species, an increase of the 962 species covered in the first edition (2005) and the 990 species in the 6th edition of the National Geographic to the Field Guide to the Birds of North America. This volume is no exception. Accounts are more extensive than in the field guide.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan.

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