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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

10,000 Birds

Lucky for us, world-traveler Tim Ryan of From the Faraway, Nearby was good enough to provide a profusely-illustrated account of his visit to Tambopata as a volunteer in 2008. For example, regionally high diversity + boreal migrants + austral migrants = well over 600 species recorded from Puerto Maldonado up river to the research center.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). International Birding and Research Center Eilat (IBRCE). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Yellow Bittern – Ixobrychus sinensis.

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