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Migration and More: A Bird News Update

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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. Don’t put off that birding trip to Ghana on your to-do list—if trends continue, illegal logging may leave you with nothing left to see. Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. It is probably a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning Koalas is illegal, but why take the risk? Like the figbird, it mostly feeds on fruit.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

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After Dog Whisperer, Philly Undercover, the new six-part series in which the PSPCA’s undercover police team works to eliminate dogfighting and protect all animals from abuse and neglect, premieres. Undercover PSPCA cops are on a rescue mission after busting up an illegal dogfight and arresting 14 suspected fighters.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), It’s a very mixed chapter.

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A Little Win

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There seem to be so many that some days the negative stories just seem to pile up in my reader, species lost here, habitat destroyed there, poisoning, illegal persecution, the list can seem endless. It can be difficult not to feel impotent and under attack from all sides.

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