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

10,000 Birds

Her experiences are framed within the larger scientific histories how once common species become endangered, and of how people and organizations have strategized and explored controversial paths to bring their numbers up and nurture them till they fill our skies. Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones.

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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

10,000 Birds

The Hoatzin, which may have reached South America by raft , has resisted placement in basically every study ever done. Jarvis et al. OK, if you’re still following along on the tree , the next branch we reach is a novel proposal: Hoatzin as sister to Charadriiformes and Gruiformes. Jarvis et al.

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