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

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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. It’s not easy. Osborn is a superlative natural history writer.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

That’s a lot, and the organizers of the safari did an excellent job of creating an environment that offered small group birding during the day and a birders party every night. They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) So, the best way to find a leopard is to find the kill.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. A foot deep by some accounts, it killed what life was left in the forest. Is this the type of avian experience we want?

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