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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Whittaker’s adventures in olfactory research take unexpected turns into genetics, chemistry, and the halls of academia. One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. Whittaker’s research road is more serpentine than most academics.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast. The visibility of the BP oil spill might be blurred but it is definitely not forgotten. It will happen again.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
The first two questions were never definitely answered. A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited.
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