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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? Climate change looms large over all migration research, it “is reshaping every single thing about migration” (p.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill. It has not.

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