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The Science Behind the State of the Birds Report 2011

In a unique application of data, this year’s report provides the nation’s first assessment of birds on public lands and waters.

Oldest bird in North America survives tsunami

On Midway Island, Wisdom, a 60-year-old albatross, and her chick made it through the tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off of Japan on March 11.

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