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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. April 20, 2010 At 9.45 April 20, 2010 At 9.45 April 22, 2010 After burning for two days the rig sank in 5,000 ft of water, leaving behind a large and growing oil slick.

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

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Though the third-most densely populated county in the United States (as of the 2010 census, thank you Wikipedia), about 25% of Bronx land is open, public space. Most importantly, the section ends with a list of questions for future studies and recommendations for wildlife and habitat management.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. But now there is some research on that. The research used banding and racking technology to characterize winter time home ranges.

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