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

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More than concerned, he is dismayed and alarmed and has been since January 1974, when he first witnessed a Mourning Dove fly into a window and fall to the ground dead on the Southern Illinois University campus. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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Focusing in on a flurry of activity from the other side of the water feature, I could make out a bird desperately flapping its wings as Clay-colored Thrushes and Scarlet-rumped Tanagers raised their voices in alarm. Had birders and hikers heard its ethereal song in deciduous forests of southern Illinois?

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7 Tips for Creating a Dog-Friendly Yard

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Instead, use raised containers or hanging baskets to add some visual interest to your outdoor space. Since 2000, Chris Long has been a store associate at a Home Depot in Illinois. There is no need to invest in expensive plants that your pet will eventually destroy. And you don’t have to completely forgo the pops of color.

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My Favorite Release

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I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. I’ll never forget an orphaned Northern Cardinal nestling that I really fussed over a few years back,” said Arden Zich of Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, Illinois. “We It’s a theme.”. “I’ll

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

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Avery’s trip through Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New York holds more promise. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. These are meaningful contributions, but they get lost in Avery’s systematic, verbose writing style.

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Santa Paws Drive 2012

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This year’s goal is to raise $1,000 in cash donations for each shelter ($6,000 total) plus oodles of toys and treats! Forever Home Feline Ranch – Springfield, Illinois. With your help of course! The Santa Paws Drive is an online toy drive dedicated to shelter pets to bring them a little joy and fun while they await their forever homes.

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