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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

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The scope is worldwide; of the 24 birds depicted, five are from the Americas; five from Eurasia; three from New Zealand; two from Australasia; three from Africa; one from Africa and Asia; one from Antarctica; two worldwide, and two from Asia, introduced worldwide. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

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What is the State Bird of South Dakota?

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Ring-necked Pheasants are native to Asia, brought over in the 1880’s. Since then their range has spread across the United States and southern Canada, and they remain a sought-after game species. While hunting plays some role, habitat loss as farms switch to monocultures is the greater culprit.

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Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways

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Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. It is not clear to me if the numerous cases of infection are all explained by wild to domestic bird transmission, or if some of the farms were cross-contaminated. Or, even, many of them.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. In the northeastern United States, Cattle Egret rapidly advanced in the 1960s and 1970s, before declining just as quickly in the 1980s and 1990s. ibis and the eastern B.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Modern Korean society still has deep roots in its agricultural traditions, and Koreans can get very defensive about any issue that seems to threaten the livelihood of “grandpa and grandma” back on the farm, even if this causes them to pay twice as much for inefficiently produced Korean beef as they would for foreign imports.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. carrie – just to add to Clare and/or Grant’s answer, if you are at sea in south east asia you may also see snakes which are sea kraits rather than the sea snakes shown here (you can see one on my blog here: [link] ).

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