The Birds Are Back In N.J. (Bird Cages)

The Birds Are Back In N.J.
WPVI - FLORENCE, N.J. - August 16, 2006 - Dozens of vultures have descended on Florence, New Jersey for the 4th summer in a row. Like some bad Alfred Hitchcock movie, these scavenger birds fill the skies near River's Edge Park, then land on rooftops and in
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Lawsuit filed to block construction of 50-mile Juneau access road
Anchorage Daily News - This project includes everything from eagle windows that require construction to halt in some areas so as not to disturb the birds, to wildlife underpasses," Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Mike Barton said in a
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Migration: It's more than a wing and a prayer
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Since long before the advent of GPS or atlases, birds have used natural landmarks and internal compasses to navigate during migration. New research shows that small songbirds called Savannah sparrows stay on course by using sunlight patterns at dawn
Source: www.timesdispatch.com

National wildlife refuges announce photo contest
News-Star - The categories (combining color and black and white prints) are Scenic, Wildlife, Birds, Plants, People on Refuges, and Micro (close-up) Photography. All entries must be taken on one of the refuges within the complex. The deadline for submissions
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Mighty long run for unique show
Arizona Daily Star - There are more than 200 puppets in the show, and 25 kinds of animals, birds, fish and insects represented .
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White House: Lesser bird flu may be here
Victoria Advocate - Monday's announcement was the first reported hit from a massive new program to test up to 100,000 wild birds in an effort to catch the deadly Asian H5N1 virus if it does wing its way to North America, something the government thinks could happen this
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Condors Saved by Switch to Seafood
Discovery News - At the same time roughly 9,000 to 12,000 years ago other large meat-eating birds didn't make the switch to coastal fare, and are now extinct. The evidence of this dietary survival tactic has been found inside the bones of the birds themselves
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Mexico fishermen survive months at sea eating birds
ABC News - SAN BLAS, Mexico (Reuters) - Three Mexican fishermen have been rescued after drifting for about nine months across thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean in a small boat, an ordeal they survived by eating raw birds and fish and drinking rain water
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