If you've never heard of the Raptor Education Group (REGI) and their success with rehabbing raptors, swans, loons, and other species, take a look at this recent post on their blog at http://raptoreducationgroup.blogspot.com/2009/03/trumpeter-swan-87y-released-lead.html
Lead poisoning: still a huge problem for birds and wildlife.
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See recent BirdLife International news at this link.
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If you're interested in bats, here are a few valuable links. One is the best paper I've read about bats and wind power, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The authors are some of the most knowledgeable people in this field.
http://www.bu.edu/cecb/reprints/2007/Kunz.Bats%20&%20Wind.07.pdf
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More on bats: a new USFWS cave advisory: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/white_nose.html
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