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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

Meanwhile, forts were built to protect the island from invaders, war broke out between Spain and the United States, and the island became a U.S. They start out in New York City, climbing a skyscraper to see a Peregrine Falcon, the world’s fastest-moving bird, diving at almost 200 miles an hour after a pigeon.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Many of these stories will be known to avid readers of environmental news items and social media. I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus.

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