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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Science, Citizen Science, and Citizen Savagery

10,000 Birds

Proving that cruelty knows no bounds, some (language unsuitable for a family blog) in Virginia Beach is shooting blow darts at birds. Birding in Israel? Report your sightings to help build an eBird-like database of the country’s avifauna. Meanwhile, an Oregon farmer caught a beating from a neighbor irritated by his loud “bird cannons.”

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free. Flight to Freedom originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 3, 2010.

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