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

10,000 Birds

.” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” ” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

The unrivaled aerial champions of the Americas have to be the two species of Condor, the one-time almost nearly extinct California Condor and the truly massive Andean Condor. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley.

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Should Restored or Rescued Birds Count?

10,000 Birds

Let’s call it the California Condor exception. Seeing a condor out in the wild is amazing, fantastic, magical, spiritual – even if they have a blue wing tag. In fact seeing they have a wing tag makes it even more magical to me – people care!!!

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The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

10,000 Birds

She’s contemplated California Condors here before, but Passenger Pigeons seem to resonate most with her. As for me, I didn’t see a passenger pigeon until visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, about three summers ago, a specimen tagged and strangely out of place in a haven for raptors.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism. But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. if we believe it's our right to do what we want with the lives of other animals. . . .