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Big Cat Week 2012 Starts Sunday!

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Nat Geo Wild presents the third annual Big Cat Week starting Sunday, Dec 9th. These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. But experts can’t protect them without knowing more about them.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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They also warn that the product should not be directly applied to “water or to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark,” and that “runoff also may be hazardous to aquatic organism in water adjacent to treated areas.”

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Penguins, Parrots and Wine on Matiu / Somes Island

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As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Across the water is the Miramar Peninsula, where the Hobbit is presently being filmed.

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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FWS concludes (lightly edited for readability): We have carefully assessed the best information available regarding the past, present, and future threats to the black-capped vireo. Of course, regardless of the outcome, the vireo would, like other bird species, be protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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conservation legislation and regulation, a tool used to protect birds from irresponsible hunting, industrial intrusion and incidental take, habitat loss and pollution, and to encourage best practices by everyone, from birders to corporations. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.