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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

The potpourri covers some interesting bird related science of the last few weeks, and the promise is this: I’ll get to that other stuff soon, I promise! They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. You see, it is all connected. But I didn’t get to that either. million. .

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Book Review: Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen. The book is about zoonoses, diseases that jump from animals to people.

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A Climate Change Crash

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Major extinction events that are geologically instantaneous have been followed by periods of time with reduction of species or unstable habitats that last for hundreds of thousands or millions of years. We might expect that as the earth warms, biomes or regionally defined habitats will move north, and with them, their plants and animals.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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Kitten Rescue is a wonderful animal rescue organization! Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. Every year they host a great event to help raise the funds that they need to continue their rescue efforts.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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And, Fuller should know; he has spent his career producing books about extinct birds and mammals, including the recent Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record, from his home in England. Fuller is also a photographer, but his web page notes that he seldom takes photographs of birds or animals.).

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Here’s the petition.

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