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“The Wise Hours” — a review

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She accompanies Luke on his Barn Owl counting, a heartening and optimistic chore now that British farmers have learned to prefer owls, as a pest control method, to strychnine, which kills rats but also the owls that feed on them. Tin House, Portland, Oregon, 297 pp., By Miriam Darlington. US $27.95, CAN $36.95. February 7, 2023.

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Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways

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Will H5N2 Kill Wild Birds? It is the same strain of avian influenza that has been confirmed in backyard and wild birds in Washington, Oregon and Idaho as part of the ongoing incident in the Pacific flyway. They also have made progress in developing H5N1 fowlpox vaccine. So, what about wild birds?