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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. The program has been successful enough that some of the birds have been released back into protected areas in California, Arizona, and across the border in Baja, but the species is still far from out of the woods. millions years ago. New World Vultures.

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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?

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An op-ed in the Washington Post by Gabriel Foley and Jordan Rutter is a fine summary of the arguments, and there is a good background article at Birdwatching magazine. In other words, we might want to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the proposed changes, either one at a time as a group.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now.Or

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