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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. southern border; and set regulations to waive environmental laws for building on public lands. Gila Woodpecker. S ierra Club Environmental Impact Brochure – with the list of laws being waived.

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The Splendor of Birds and National Geographic: a Book Review

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In the e-era now, print magazines are going the way of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun It’s what the book calls “street photography of the wild side,” as opposed to mere bird eye candy.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. The Fulvous breasted Woodpecker to me looks like a very conventional woodpecker. Gould’s Sunbird – presumably also an immature male.

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