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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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You can access and bookmark it on your computer, or even better you can download the app for free on your iPhone or Android. Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies. AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife.

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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

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The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds. It was riveting and enjoyable, but also a not-so-subtle recruiting session for eBird. And at least on me, it worked.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Owls of North America and the Caribbean: A Book Review by a Lover of Parliaments

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I could go on and on, it’s that kind of a book—a comprehensive treatment of a species we respect and adore, based on the most current research, written in a style that, while factual, is from the author’s viewpoint, flavoring facts with a witty, observant personal quality. Mitochondrial DNA analysis strikes again.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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Our small group spent a weekend at the Ferret Research Camp, a cluster of trailers tucked in the middle of a black-tailed prairie dog town and the site, as the name implies, of a black-footed ferret reintroduction program. In the winters the snow lies heavy and researchers travel in and out by small plane.

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What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest: A KidLit Bird Book Review

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is like this: meticulously researched, densely illustrated, and designed for non-linear reading. These resources include a note about Ignotofsky’s website, where she has a free downloadable coloring page —perfect for your hands-on-learner. And What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest? What’s Inside a Bird’s Nest?

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Where to Watch Birds in the Iron Gates

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Keep in mind that the special nature reserves (dark green on the park map) enjoy the highest level of protection and are off limits to visitors (possible only with research permits issued by the park authorities). Download the map of the Upper Gorge. Download the map of the Lower Gorge. Useful links: The National Park.

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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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One part of this question can be answered with some very interesting recent research. If you’d like a two page (one sheet, duplex) handout for your class, download THIS PDF FILE. Fossils of a giant extinct penguin, Inkayacu paracasensis were found a while back in Peru. The fossils were very well preserved and included feathers.

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