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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo. Most importantly, the section ends with a list of questions for future studies and recommendations for wildlife and habitat management. This is a project that clearly spanned decades.

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IFAW rescuers have mobilized to Japan

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NARSC is comprised of most of the national NGOs in the United States that provide emergency animal services and has agreed to collaborate and cooperate on how resources from the U.S. In 1995, IFAW responded to the Kobe earthquake and two years later an oiled wildlife rescue team deployed to Fukui Prefecture after the Nakhodka spill.

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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Should is not a Solution

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It’s a powerful motivator that has attracted millions of people from all around the world to devote time and money to protect these resources. Perhaps it would be better to move the tigers to that bigger reserve, or maybe a zoo. You simply couldn’t have conservation without the should. I hear you. I really do.

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