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FBI Lists Animal Rights Extremist as Most Wanted Terrorist

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Daniel Andreas San Diego, wanted for alleged involvement in 2 bombings in San Francisco has been listed by the FBI as one of their Most Wanted Terrorists. San Diego has ties to animal rights extremist groups. San Diego wears eyeglasses, is skilled at sailing, and has traveled internationally.

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At Least Five Dead Whales Around Bay Area

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Researchers say the animals appear to be following abundant swarms of krill - the tiny, shrimp-like creatures that make up whales' favorite food group - right into the path of ship traffic. Tags: california san francisco marine life marine animals whales krill.

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Night Herons

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We had been at sea for 5 days and 5 nights, over 100 miles off shore, sailing non-stop from the USA-Canada border to San Francisco. Both species can be found mingling together, in small groups, as they forage for crabs that have been exposed by the receding water. Go find some cool water and plop right down in and chill out!

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. He has visited more than 40 National Wildlife Refuges in 20 states and frequently visits NWRs in his travels, most recently Buenos Aires NWR in southern Arizona.

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Federal Public Lands: Pacific Seabirds

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Ashy Storm-Petrel : Approximately 50% of the world’s Ashy Storm-Petrels breed on Farallones NWR , a group of rocky islands 30 miles from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. A handful of Hawaiian Petrel chicks were recently translocated to Kilauea Point NWR on Kauai.

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Do The Splits

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An excellent synopsis of the situation is right here at 10,000 Birds. They happen, and are not completely understood…that said, the differences between the groups (“Thick-billed”, “Easter”, “Sooty”,” Slate-colored”) are more often than not quite drastic.

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Birds Worth The Trip

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The Cerro de Punhuato (poon-WA-toe) nature reserve, officially denominated a biological garden, is right on the northeastern edge of Morelia’s urban zone. We have examples of enough historical styles of buildings, mostly built with local stone, to draw groups from architecture schools.