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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Across the water is the Miramar Peninsula, where the Hobbit is presently being filmed. I’ll work on that.

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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and it breeds in the scrublands of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico. Moreover, management to control parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbird has improved vireo breeding success. And the expansion of prescribed fire as a wildlife management tool has improved and maintained breeding habitat.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.