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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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Great Frigatebirds engage in “unihemispheric sleep” on hunting trips of six to ten days, never landing, sleeping less than an hour in a 24-hour cycle, often keeping one-half of their brain awake while the other slept. Pause while we all try to imagine what our lives would be like if we could do that.)

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Yangtze River Dolphin in captivity, 1988, Wuhan, China, p. Their names echo musically in my brain (and challenge my typing skills) as I look at photos fuzzy and sharp, and read tales of habitat encroachment, avian disease, and hunting. ouli, and Mamo (also known as Hawaii Mamo). The story of the Mamo is particularly poignant.

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