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The Official PPRC P2 Quiz: Episode 2, The Pollution Menace
Diazinon is a powerful synthetic insecticide commonly used to control crane fly larvae on lawns. It is toxic to birds, which feed on crane fly larvae. Diazinon running off yards has been found in Puget Sound area streams at levels that exceed standards for protecting aquatic life. Parasitic nematodes are an alternative crane fly ...
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Invasive Exotic Insects @ Invasive.org
Andean potato weevil Premnotrypes vorax (Hustache) Coleoptera Curculionidae small spruce fly Pristiphora abietina (Christ) Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae viburnum leaf beetle Pyrrhalta viburni ... limbativentris (Stal.) Hemiptera Pentatomidae common crane fly Tipula oleracea Linnaeus Diptera Tipulidae European crane fly Tipula paludosa Meigen Diptera Tipulidae european crane flies Tipula spp. Linnaeus, ...
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San Diego Zoo's Birds: Crane
See an East African crowned crane fly overhead during one of the Wild Animal Park's daily Frequent Flyers bird shows. • Education: Egg-speriments Birds: Crane Range: North America, Africa, Europe ... of the Himalayas in their migration, while others fly across the vast deserts of the Middle East and northern Africa. The lesser sandhill crane Grus canadensis canadensis wins the distance award for ...
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Journey North: Whooping Crane Spring 2007
Meanwhile, the Western flock ... Canada. Catch photos and excitement in today’s report! Whooping Crane Migration Update: March 31, 2006 "Eighteen whoopers soaring their way ... check the whereabouts of the world's wild whoopers. Whooping Crane Migration Update: March 10, 2006 What?! Two chicks already migrating? ...
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USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Whooping Crane Photo Gallery
See our Crane Videos! This photo of the whooping crane captive propagation center at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife ... incubate some of the extra eggs. This sandhill crane at Patuxent helps by incubating a whooping crane egg during its critical period. Sandhill ... age, the chick is almost fully grown. He's starting to fly, and all his down is gone. His feathers are a ...
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Nature trail - river invertebrates
Polycentropodidae Caddis-fly (larvae) . 1 . . 5 Hydropsychidae Caddis-fly (larvae) . 2 2 2 7 Limnephilidae Caddis-fly (larvae) . . 3 . 10 Leptoceridae Caddis-fly (larvae) . 2 3 2 5 Tipula spp. Crane-fly ...
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crane
A nesting crane frequently bugles loud and clear during the early morning hours to ward off intruders. During migration, whooping cranes fly like gliders on fixed wings. They ... Alberta’s Calgary Zoo (which recently became Canada’s only captive-breeding facility), the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin, and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland. In 1996, the ...
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Journey North Whooping Cranes
(Photo Overview >>) Each year, new crane chicks are raised in captivity, trained to fly with the ultralights, and added to the new eastern flock. This ... Journey North is pleased to feature this educational adventure made possible by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. ...
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Journey North Whooping Cranes
What is the most fascinating thing Journey North expert Dr. Tom Stehn has learned about the whooping crane since conducting research on cranes? When do young whoopers learn to fly? Why is the survival of young Whooping Crane chicks greater during years with high ...
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East African Crowned Crane
African Crowned Crane From It's Nature! Home » Birds » East African Crowned Crane East African Crowned Crane The East African Crowned crane is a ... or lakes in Eastern Zaire, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The Crowned Crane is also the national bird of Uganda. Social and gregarious ... run as soon as they hatch, and within ten weeks can fly. The cranes remain monogamous, and even after the chicks leave ...
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