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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. She crafts her prose with a visual immediacy that bring you directly into her experience.

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A Birder Reads a Scientific Paper

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Biological Conservation 199 (2016): 146-156. This paper, which was cited in the paper we just discussed, conducted the relevant experiments: Addison, Jason A., “Population genetics and effective population size of the critically endangered Nihoa Millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris kingi).” and Antony W.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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There are arguments for adding all territories, but experience demonstrates that the ABA moves glacially when it comes to the ABA Area. For example, the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act—America’s most important avian conservation laws—apply in both territories. The only other populated U.S. Conclusion.