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The return of the Old Man

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Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. The ibises were initially trained to follow a microlight aircraft over the Alps.

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10 proofs that rock climbing is birding in disguise

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Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really bird for the hell of it. (5). The best training was to go to the pub, drink 5 quarts of beer, and talk about birding. (7). Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. Hermann Buhl. Edmund Hillary.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. 18 Responses to “Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

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