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Belknap County Nursing Home goes to the birds (The Citizen of Laconia)

DARYL CARLSON/CITIZEN PHOTO New Hampshire Audubon Society Education Director Raelyn Viti uses a tennis ball to create a comparison between how large a human's eye would have to be compared to the barred owl she holds during a program sponsored by Prescott Farm Audubon Center for residents at the Belknap County Nursing Home Monday afternoon.

Why does Clutch Size Vary Between Bird Species (BellaOnline)

A common question that many birders have often is asked is why one species of birds may only lay a few eggs while another species may lay many eggs. A group of scientists has completed a study of over 5,000 species of birds examining the reasons for different size clutches.

Let's not be eager to reintroduce the beaver (Times Online)

The escape of three beavers from a wildlife sanctuary in Devon, reported last week, has focused yet more needed attention on plans to reintroduce these animals to Scotland, hundreds of years after they became extinct there.

Boone-based group (Watauga Democrat)

High levels of toxic heavy metals are present in samples taken from the Kingston Fossil Plant ash spill in Harriman, Tenn., independent testing shows.

HUNTERS: REOPEN NEW YORK'S PHEASANT FARM (New York Post)

SPORTSMEN and women are furious that Governor Paterson closed the state's pheasant rearing farm and is giving away birds that were paid for by sportsmen. Harold Palmer, president of the New York State Conservation Council, which represents more...