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

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The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy.

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My Favorite Release

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August arrived and I was releasing birds knowing they’d need time to adapt prior to making that long flight across the Gulf of Mexico, headed to South America. She’d sit and watch for hours as the other flycatchers swooped back and forth from their perches, grabbing the mealworms and superworms I’d throw into the air.

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“A Little Bird Told Me” … Happy Birthday Charles Darwin

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We think that the original stock from which the Galapagos Finches evolved came from nearby South America. This included some birds as well as a fox. The only fact of a similar kind of which I am aware is the constant asserted difference between the wolf-like Fox of East & West Falkland Islds.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

ADI, which has previously rescued and relocated animals in Europe, South America and Africa have described it as one of the most complex logistical operation they have ever undertaken but say it will be worth all of the effort when the animals walk free.

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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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uses the zoogeographical ecozones and denotes North, Central and South America (Nearctic and Neotropical realms) as western and the rest of the world (Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian) as eastern. Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Orange-billed Sparrow – Arremon aurantiirostris. 13 Jan 2017.

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