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ivory-billed woodpecker news

I have to throw my hat in the ring and at least comment on this. Someone named Daniel Rainsong says he has photos of an Ivory-billed woodpecker in the Sabine River Basin in East Texas taken on December 29, 2009. … Continue reading

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status of the whooping crane

According to a blog post on Birder’s World, a record number of whooping cranes from a wild flock that winters in Texas and summers in Canada died last year. Twenty-one birds — six adults and fifteen chicks died, most likely as … Continue reading

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bird strike piece in Birder’s World in April 2009 issue

Coincidentally, Birder’s World is running a piece about the Feather Lab in DC  — the same lab that analyzed the feathers of the birds that brought down USAirways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River. The editor says the piece was … Continue reading

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