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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

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link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. I see Kure was also badly hit.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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There are are presently thought to be five species of kiwi with a possible sixth extinct species, all of which have suffered varying degrees of range contraction since the arrival of humans. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. The proposal from U.S.

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Petrel Paradise

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Soon we were out of the protected harbour and into choppier waters, and here I have to say I suffered for about two hours from the dreaded affliction known as sea-sickness. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. The proposal from U.S.