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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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There are also frustrations, such as the faltering efforts of the Isla Robinson Crusoe conservation group, which can’t stop the spread of invasive plants, feral cats, and bird disease that is probably dooming the Juan Fernández Firecrown.

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The Whistle Blowers

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They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. But one man was listening to the calls of the whistle blowers -- calls of widespread wetland destruction, poaching, pesticides and destructive feral wildlife. They are also the rarest.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats.

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