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More Birds Than Bullets: a book review

10,000 Birds

As shown by the photo, below, of McMullan and Merlin, his Eurasian Eagle Owl friend, McMullan is a rough-hewn 6’4” foot bear of a man; he describes himself as resembling a character from the World Wrestling Federation. As he says, “service personnel get to bird where no other birders can.” (Or would want to, one guesses.).

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S., and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. What does the future hold for the members of the Hundred Heartbeat Club? That depends largely on us, our priorities, and our allocation of resources. Chances are that in any given community, there's a river that needs to be cleaned up.