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Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

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Why put additional pressure on a recovering species? Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. Remember, they were hunted nearly to extinction in the East before. Street, N.W.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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My first bird in Washington DC, where I am visiting for the weekend. On Sunday at Kissena Park I saw five species of sparrows. A mixed species flock of sparrows (american tree, field and chipping) was by the bike track parking lot. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows.

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