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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

10,000 Birds

Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. Princeton University Press, 2011, 192 pp. And then, let me know–what kinds of frogs are you seeing? 200 photos.

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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

10,000 Birds

5 Responses to “Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll&# Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 10:05 pm I’m trying to find out what has happened on the other Hawaiian Islands. The Islands hold important populations of Monk Seals as well as all the world’s Laysan Ducks and Laysan Finches. I see Kure was also badly hit.

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The Nature of the Meadowlands: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book serves as a model of how our environmental success stories can be presented to the non-birding public, the citizens and legislators who are responsible for funding conservation projects and habitat protection. When I first started birding New Jersey, I didn’t really know where the Meadowlands started and stopped.