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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

His adventures were first documented (to my knowledge) for the birding public in Miyoko Chu’s in Songbird Journeys (2006). The Notes document facts, quotes, and sources in the text and are listed by chapter, page and phrase. But there are no indications that these notes exist in the text itself.

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Emerald Ash Borers vs. Woodpeckers (and Nuthatches)

10,000 Birds

Another paper recently published in Forest Ecology and Management documented that EAB predators’ behavior matches their growing numbers. Flower, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Christopher J. Flower, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Christopher J.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

More than concerned, he is dismayed and alarmed and has been since January 1974, when he first witnessed a Mourning Dove fly into a window and fall to the ground dead on the Southern Illinois University campus. This was his trigger moment, when he decided to find out why birds fly into glass windows and die.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

If Wood Thrush hasn’t been documented as Cane Toad prey, it can now be added to the list. Had birders and hikers heard its ethereal song in deciduous forests of southern Illinois? I suppose it’s no big surprise, Marine Toads can get as big as a small quail and they will basically eat whatever they can fit in their mouth.

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European Goldfinch in Socrates Sculpture Park

10,000 Birds

In Chicago in the early 2000s a sudden influx of European Goldfinches – possibly due to a rogue deliberate release – resulted in nesting records from Illinois and Wisconsin. Over time, Pearson’s prediction proved accurate. New York is no more immune to such stunts than other cities.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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In the 1970′s, they were responsible for the destruction of up to 45% of certain crops.** The initial impetus for Pruett-Jones’ studies was to find out if the Chicago Monk Parakeets posed a threat to Illinois farmers. Urban parakeets in Northern Illinois: A 40-year perspective. and Sam Logue. Urban Ecosystems , Sept.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

In DeKalb, Illinois, that monster is Cavel International, the only remaining plant in the U.S. Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. In response to citizen outrage over horses being slaughtered in Illinois, the Illinois legislature decided to tie off the loophole for good by passing House Bill 1711.