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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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Three Interesting Things

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Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. Unfortunately these are house cats, not feral, that live outdoors (for some reason). So this may not inform us much of what feral cats are doing. A group of researchers at the N.C. And daily feces analysis. But maybe the research will be extended to address that question. Birds research'

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

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49-50) She is also adept at writing about conservation’s larger context in terms of its history, public policy struggles, and the science behind species re-introduction. Well-researched and footnoted, these sections never feel disconnected from the more personal sections.

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Review: Sparrow by Kim Todd

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Everybody knows sparrows, except for the fact that most people don’t know anything about sparrows.Kim Todd sets out to rectify this in a small, elegant book that covers both House Sparrows , the Passer tribe, and the other birds colloquially called sparrows throughout the world (albeit she concentrates most on North America and Britain.)

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The Parable of the Goat Mites

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And so, when Salvador Ramirez left, there were feral goats on the island of San Clemente, the southernmost of the Channel Islands off the coast of California. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science. And so, the goats grew small and nimble, shy and drought-tolerant, through natural selection.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Quite likely, these birds are also the inspiration for Australian science communicator Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki. In a nationwide survey in 2005, the Australian public rated the common myna as the most significant pest, beating contenders such as the cane toad, the European rabbit, and feral cat ( source ).

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From Today's New York Times

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Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. Priscilla Feral President, Friends of Animals Darien, Conn., You report that Steven L. A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not? July 23, 2008