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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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And sun bears. The Jewel Hunter is published by WildGuides, a UK publishing company that specializes in photographic field guides, and which donates a percentage of profits from each book to a conservation organization, in this case, Birdlife International. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. And mosquitos.

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De arte venandi cum avibus: San Martino Siir (2015) – Aglianico del Vulture DOC

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In De arte venandi cum avibus , he corrected and supplemented this comprehensive survey of the existing literature with his own empirical observations and logical inductions – and methodically organized these natural histories in a work that is startlingly ahead of its time. Could this be the first “accipiter sp.”

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