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West Point Cadet’s Mouse Release

10,000 Birds

His friend recorded the event. Rabbits scamper into the underbrush, only to encounter a coyote nobody saw standing there. I once raised 5 orphaned blue jays, released them, and was happily watching them fly around my house one afternoon when a Cooper’s Hawk blazed through, grabbed one, and disappeared. You’re free! Good luck!”

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

Rabbits were introduced to the island by guano miners, which turned the previously verdant island into a giant sand dune; almost all vegetation was wiped out. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. home at Midway Atoll.

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