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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

10,000 Birds

Cliff Swallows migrate to North America from their wintering grounds in South America to nest in large colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands. It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJma0Szy8R8

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We Got the Wrong Starling

10,000 Birds

As the story goes, way back in the late 19th Century and organization called the American Acclimitazation Society was working hard to introduce every one of the 600 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays to North America. Plus, they’re sort of ugly.

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