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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Though the third-most densely populated county in the United States (as of the 2010 census, thank you Wikipedia), about 25% of Bronx land is open, public space. The book is divided into three parts: “Introduction,” “Avifaunal Overview,” and “Species Accounts.” Most birders will go straight to the “Species Accounts.”

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. We start with Lendrum being arrested in 2010 at the Birmingham (U.K.) He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped.

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