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MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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MARCH 4, 2011

11 Responses to “A Problem with Gulls&# Mike Mar 4th, 2011 at 2:07 pm This is terrific, Dan, and terrifically daunting. Dan Mar 4th, 2011 at 3:35 pm Thanks Mike! Redgannet Mar 4th, 2011 at 7:39 pm I usually solve my gull identification problems by looking the other way and pretending I haven’t seen them.

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MARCH 14, 2011

By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Not sure what that is.

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