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Federal Public Lands: Pacific Seabirds

10,000 Birds

Although not federal “lands,” these federal marine protected areas— Channel Islands , Cordell Bank , Greater Farallones , Monterey Bay and Olympic Coast —provide critical foraging areas for seabirds. These sanctuaries include some of the most productive waters in the Pacific.

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A Red-naped Sapsucker and a Townsend’s Warbler

10,000 Birds

I have been searching through the internet this evening trying to find support for some behaviour that I witnessed at Fort Mason, San Francisco, this week. It was at the bottom of some steps leading from the gun placements at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The sapsucker was seen first.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering."