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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. April 20, 2010 At 9.45

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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. Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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And Sandwich Tern is Sandwich Tern, Howell finding the DNA research for splitting it “weak.” They also occasionally show breeding colonies or isolated populations, possible occurrences, and directions of range expansion. Fantasy is the key word here. Doing this work takes time! ” These are just some examples.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea. One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. Salas-Gismondi, R., Vinther, J.,

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Climate Change And Birds: Europe vs. North America

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Data were collected from the North American Breeding Bird Survey and the Pan-European Common Birds Monitoring Scheme. Bird populations were measured for each state or country over time (1980 – 2010) do track increases or decreases. 352:6281(84-87). The process of analysis was complex, but the result is fairly simple.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited. Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. The history of the Wild Turkey, the reduction to its original range, and its re-expansion and re-introduction, remains today unclear and in need of further research.

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