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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. Cattle Egret was first recorded in Florida in 1941 (although originally these were dismissed as escapes), and officially bred in Florida in 1953. ibis and the eastern B.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent.

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Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The authors’ goals are (1) to provide information that will help readers identify a bird nest; (2) to explore the broader ecology of bird nests of North America, “an ecological study of how hundreds of species have adapted nests and nesting behavior to environs that range from tropical deciduous forest to Arctic tundra” (p.

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