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

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. Dead birds are a part of the life of a birder, a feeder of birds, and of bird science. ©2012 Donna L. And I don’t think that will be many people.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. This bit of science is a nice final counterpoint to an account that has emphasized art, history, and literature.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

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Fortunately, Black-crowned Night Heron s are quite common in Shanghai, though apparently endangered in Illinois ( source ). The multiplication of genera, in the systems of the former that are too artificial, cannot possibly facilitate the study of science; Rather, it will scare the newcomer away or make things worse for him.”

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