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Slowing down Chimney Swifts

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Birds that had been banded in Nashville, Tennessee. I raised my camera. My own Audubon chapter, Wake Audubon, is currently working with the state museum to raise money to fund the construction of 30 foot tall tower at a local park, complete with cameras inside the tower to feed video to excited swift enthusiasts.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

4): There is a solution to at least some of the beef industry’s sustainability woes, and that is to raise cows in a pasture-based system. For this to happen, subsidies that keep animal feed artificially low, and encourage producers to raise as many animals as possible, should end.

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Winter Wood-Warblers in Southeast Florida

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Rarities such as Blue-winged Warbler , Hooded Warbler , and Nashville Warbler have all been recorded multiple times, and these records raise a lot of questions as to which species spend the winter regularly in the comparatively underbirded Caribbean islands.

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