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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

10,000 Birds

As Watson has put it in the Chapter 1, “while the focus of this book is on families of African birds, there are a few individual species that have somehow come to epitomise Africa, even though they have relatives elsewhere, and commentaries on these appear too. He has authored several other books and many articles, largely on natural history.

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Ty’s Hawk

10,000 Birds

Of all the billions of things that keep wildlife rehabilitators from sleeping at night, public releases are one of the big ones. Word had gotten out, the event had turned into an inspirational fundraiser, and over a hundred people gathered in the parking lot of a rural firehouse. That night Ty and his family looked through the photos.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

10,000 Birds

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. Publications like Ranger Rick and National Geographic Kids can also satisfy their curiosity through their kid-friendly articles on birds and wildlife.

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Bowling for Rhinos

4 The Love Of Animals

All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. For a registration form, email utahaazk@hoglezoo.org or register at the door the night of the event.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. So we can squawk at the state wildlife departments all we want, but the USFWS has the final say. Now, it’s time to go to the top. Street, N.W. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. Then go to the Atacama Desert where Humboldt penguins raise families in the driest place on earth.

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