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Migration and More: A Bird News Update

10,000 Birds

Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ? North American breeders winging their way south for the winter may want to head for the Bahamas, where a new national park offers them protected habitat. Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.