Conservation
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Hummingbird Nest – Live Cam!
Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) Nest Nesting in the branches of a ficus tree in La Verne, California since 2005. Diligently raising up to four to five broods every year, in a nest the about size of half a golf ball. Each of her precious eggs are slightly bigger than a Tic Tac. After about
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This wind turbine has no blades — and that’s why it’s better
This type of design would also alleviate the toll taken on hundreds of thousands birds and bats each year by bladed turbines. The Vortex bladeless turbine uses the wind to vibrate instead of spin. That makes it cheaper, quieter, and more reliable than a bladed turbine. Source: This wind turbine has no blades — and
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Monarch butterflies drop, migration may disappear
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The stunning and little-understood annual migration of millions of Monarch butterflies to spend the winter in Mexico is in danger of disappearing, experts said Wednesday, after numbers dropped to their lowest level since record-keeping began in 1993. Source: Monarch butterflies drop, migration may disappear – Yahoo News