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The Whistle Blowers

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But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters.

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A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects: A Review

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40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Technology entries give a sense of perspective. Poro-prism binoculars (no.

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