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Saving the Spotted Owl—Zalea’s Story: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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That issue aside, SAVING THE SPOTTED OWL—ZALEA’S STORY is a detailed nonfiction picture book with a view expands from one specific owl, to Spotted Owls in general, to conservation efforts via breeding centers to save other endangered species.

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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.

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Spotting the 4 Eagles Of Alaska

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Range: Most of Canada, Alaska, All of the contiguous United States, and Northern Mexico. Status In Alaska: Breeding resident. Despite once being endangered due to hunting and pesticides, Bald Eagles have made a remarkable comeback, getting delisted from the U.S. Endangered Species list in 2007. Body Length: 27.5

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The Best Birding Locations in the United States (according to ChatGPT)

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Initially, Point Pelee National Park appears to be in Ontario, Canada (not Ohio), which makes it wrong, as well as excluded by the query itself. The Kirtland’s Warbler is an endangered bird species that breeds primarily in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan. That seems like a fact ChatGPT should get correct.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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Small Species Accounts: Each species is allotted one page (with certain exceptions) offering basics–bird names and size, one or two photographs, and a one-paragraph description. This is Canada, so it goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway), that common names are given in English and French.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.” Between 1974 and 2005, more than 7000 young Peregrines were hacked in the United States and Canada.

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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

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I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S.

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