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Avian flu is spreading

As a volunteer with Safe Wings Ottawa, MFNC member Roger Magoon often has contact with injured and/or dead birds; keeping an eye out for Avian Flu— the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) — is essential. The virus is spreading like wildfire among waterfowl such as geese, ducks and gulls Continue reading →

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Noting the calls of the wild

Stuck inside?

What about some sounds of nature to transport you out and away? The whistling of a nightingale. The howl of a gray wolf. The kazoo-like calls of emperor penguins.

To keep his ear trained during a COVID-19 lockdown, French-German composer Alexander Liebermann began transcribing sounds Continue reading →

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