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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. ©2012 Donna L. Photographs of window-killed birds from Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Copyright © 2021 Daniel Klem, Jr. The more glass, the more bird kills.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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2008 and this video recommended by the Ted Talk people: The Early Birdwatchers ), or the social behavior of Common Guillemots (what we North Americans call Common Murres) ( Bird Sense: What it Is Like to Be a Bird , 2012). Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Beagle , pt.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. August 4, 2010 ‘Static kill’ attempt to stop the oil leak is successful, though more mud may still have to be pumped into the well to close it permanently.

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. A fire might kill weak birds or, depending on the time of year, claim nestlings. Forest Service research biologist Vicki Saab studies, birds evolved alongside fire and flee in the face of conflagrations. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife?

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up! On June 16, 2012 R&R will be driving through Union, Middlesex, Monmouth Counties and more to bring hundreds of items to the shelter on Route 22. In the past nine months, R&R has collected 4,807 items weighing 2,360.5 pounds with a value of $42,923.50…and

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Ty’s Hawk

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The starving young male had been rescued from the side of a road, recovered at my house, then went to my rehabber friend Lisa’s for live prey training, where he sharpened his skills until he was a mouse-killing machine. Ty died peacefully at home yesterday, on October 17, 2012. Lisa had done her homework.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Jackson, 2012. history; they killed a young boy just to prove they could commit the perfect crime and were the models for the murderers in Hitchcock’s film Rope. Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers. photo by Lynn C. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

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