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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning.

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Polyandry and Polygynandry on the Tundra

10,000 Birds

Shawn Billerman is a graduate student at the University of Wyoming studying birds, though his degree will likely use fancier words than that. One of the more interesting aspects (in my opinion) of breeding in birds is their mating strategy. He is a New Yorker, a great birder, and a nice guy. of all bird species, is polyandry.

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