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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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Nonprofit organizations, science, and the best intentions in the world came to the rescue with a captive breeding program, and we now have over 400 Pink Pigeons living in Mauritius, the nearby island of Ile aux Aigrettes, and the zoos hosting the breeding program, including the Bronx Zoo. On the WCS web page, Ms. Well, except maybe you.

Mauritius 101
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The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition: A Review of an Iconic Guide in a New Edition

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How have these species accounts changed from The Sibley Guide to Birds , published in 2000 (heretofore called Sibley One) to The Sibley Guide to Birds, Second Edition , published in March 2014 (and heretofore called Sibley Two). Knopf, 2014. So, how do we evaluate the portrayal of color in a field guide? inches, 624 pages.