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Enhance! Enhance!

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I myself mostly poke the internet and watch other people play video games and ask myself questions like “Could cat litter be the most important invention in the history of modern environmentalism?”*. For instance, take this image, found decorating a room at the summer camp in Friday the 13th: The Game.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

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I daresay Fred wanted to do the hike more than we did but being kids before the digital age, we were always game for outdoor adventures. Watch and listen for the birds as they rustle through the leaf litter. The grouse connection occurred during a “walk” from the cabin to some other part of Fred and Chris’ property.

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Falakhe’s Story

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Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. Falakhe is still alive, as is the dominant male in his litter. They certainly spent most of the time I was in Mkuze down there anyway, which made for long days.

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Uncharacteristically Wet

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Alas, nothing showed until there was a brief break in the shower and a Golden-crowned Warbler materialized in the leaf litter just in front of me. On our way out we came across a tree with several drenched Turkey Vultures playing a waiting game with the weather. Golden-crowned Warbler.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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It turns out that the reclaimed mines work well as habitat for the sparrow because they collect a layer of leaf litter, a key nesting requirement. Brauning, Chief Nongame Ornithologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Robert S. Wilson, Visiting Assistant Professor of. Environmental Studies at Gettysburg College, Daniel W.