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Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The scope is worldwide; of the 24 birds depicted, five are from the Americas; five from Eurasia; three from New Zealand; two from Australasia; three from Africa; one from Africa and Asia; one from Antarctica; two worldwide, and two from Asia, introduced worldwide. Mark Hauber is currently (just appointed!)

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

10,000 Birds

But, for those owls who are more well-known and easier to find, we have the delight of seeing them in full-body portraits, perched in their habitat, with mates, as nestlings, hunting and flying, in concealment postures and eating prey. Lewis originated the term as a pun on Chaucer’s Parliament of Fowls.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. Toney Union, N.J., Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J., What is greener than forage-fed meat? James Siegel Portland, Me.,