Preventing a species from extinction: Laysan Duck


Posted by E.J. Peiker on Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:46 am

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Laysan Duck - Midway Atoll
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With yesterday's great news about progress in preventing the extinction of one of my favorite species, I thought I'd post this.  I posted more info in Environment and Ethics:
http://www.naturescapes.net/forums/view ... 7&t=248356

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by Karl Egressy on Wed Sep 10, 2014 9:19 am
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Great article and a beautiful picture here and a beautiful picture accompanying the article.
Nice to have dedicated people whom are concerned about wildlife and do their best to save them.
 

by Juan Carlos Vindas on Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:07 pm
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Fantastic bird, nice article and it´s always great to hear good news.
 

by Missy Mandel on Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:16 pm
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Great article and thanks for posting it. Beautiful image to go along with it!
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by Jim Urbach on Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:09 pm
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great article and image, EJ
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by rbielefeld on Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:02 am
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A great duck species. Would love to see one some day.
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by tinyfishy on Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:21 am
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What a beautiful species well captured ! Everyone of us lost something if this is gone.
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by Cynthia Crawford on Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:02 pm
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Thank you for the beautiful picture and making us all aware of this duck's plight.
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by Jerry Merrell on Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:29 pm
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Nice capture.
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