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The Gas Station Bird

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Here’s a quote about bird lungs from Britannica: “Himalayan geese have been observed not only to fly over human climbers struggling to reach the top of Mount Everest, but to honk as they do so.” The bird is a captive-bred Peregrine/Gyrfalcon hybrid owned by people with an Exotic Species Permit.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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Oil on the beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama I covered the spill for several months for a special TV series on the Gulf Disaster. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Traces of hydrocarbon poisoning are showing up in fish species.

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