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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. A fire might kill weak birds or, depending on the time of year, claim nestlings. More resources on this topic: Wildfire! So what do these facts mean for our wildlife? No surprise here: They fly away.

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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

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This is an excerpt from that report: “Because much native nesting habitat has been converted to agriculture and stored grains provide an essentially limitless food resource, tricolors have since the 1980s nested in large numbers in association with dairies. Therefore the actual numbers of birds killed are grossly underestimated.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. v=gJma0Szy8R8 References: 1 University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, June 2005. I wonder what that’s all about?

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs. A State of WI Department of Natural Resources Warden rescued him and brought him to REGI. She was indeed “The Special One.”

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. August 4, 2010 ‘Static kill’ attempt to stop the oil leak is successful, though more mud may still have to be pumped into the well to close it permanently.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. history; they killed a young boy just to prove they could commit the perfect crime and were the models for the murderers in Hitchcock’s film Rope. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

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There was no meaningful discussion about our inefficient use of resources (grain and water) in the feeding of animals to kill to feed people. And the wife says that one thing the family does is eat less meat and eggs (and they raise the animals on their land), but even that is glossed over. But they dismiss food.

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