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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them. 49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. Endangered. Extinction.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

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Environmentalists recognize the meat industry as extremely ecodestructive – including fish, dairy, eggs, feed crops with their massive use of water & topsoil and toxic runoff killing rivers and oceans, and the killing of billions of free-living animals to protect farmed animals and feed crops.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

10,000 Birds

This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature. He effectively brings his point across by presenting facts and images and a little bit of hard science. How many eggs did a pigeon lay? This is not that kind of book, as Fuller makes clear from the beginning.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

10,000 Birds

These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No, There is a lot of science here to explain. Like birds. Don’t let the university press imprint deceive you. No feathers!

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

The migrants face many perils, hunters, predators, adverse weather conditions and lack of refueling opportunities due to habitat loss. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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