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Oct/Nov 2009, vol. 47 no. 6
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	About This Issue Discoveries That Are Changing Our Perceptions By Mark Wexler, Editorial Director

	Backyard Habitat For the Birds: Which Seeds Are Best? By David Lukas

	Natural Inquiries Venom Emergency! By Michael Tennesen

	Education When Words Become Endangered By Anne Keisman

	Conservation The Water Wars Move East By Doreen Cubie

	NWF View Dirty Politics for Dirty Fuels By Larry J. Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer

	Action Report How National Wildlife Federation Is Making a Difference

	This Month on the Internet

	Vote for Your Favorite Landscape Image Help us determine the winner of our "America the Beautiful" Photo Challenge

	How Bees Cope with Midlife Change Researchers look at female honeybees for answers

	Herring Benefit from Night School As sunlight fades, fish gather to spawn

	Here’s Looking at You Mockingbirds may all look alike to you, but the feeling is not mutual

	Same-Sex Behavior in Animals A new review of existing research finds that same-sex partnering occurs nearly universally throughout the natural world

	Photo Challenge: "Birds on the Move" Join the magazine's photo group and upload images for your chance to win

Good News Numbers
By Jessica Snyder Sachs
Aided by recent advances in technology, scientists have discovered new populations of several seriously imperiled species

Extreme Birds
By Dominic Couzens
Having the ability to fly puts physiological constraints on birds that most other animals don’t have to contend with, yet some feathered creatures have evolved remarkable physical traits

A Taste For Blood
By Natalie Angier
From vampire bats to bedbugs, the creatures that feed on the vital body fluid have a long history of arousing fear and curiosity in people

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