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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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But it wasn’t all that diabolical when you consider that it was the Queens Zoo that served as the setting and I also left this clue: “a knowledge of what birds can be seen in my fine borough will be of great assistance to you.&# Those who are really familiar with Queens should know what birds are in the zoo named for our borough.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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” In 1900, even before the last Passenger Pigeon’s death in the Cincinnati Zoo, Republican Congressman John F. The persecution of these apex predators, especially wolves , is rampant among some hunters and cattle ranchers. This is a very disturbing video of Sandhill Cranes being slaughtered by “hunters.”

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