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Monday, September 26, 2005

Hurricane's impact on bird migration

Following is an excerpt from Boston.com news dated 9-23-05:

By Lynn Brezosky, Associated Press Writer | September 23, 2005

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas --For millennia, fall's Gulf of Mexico hurricanes have butted gale-force winds against the southbound journeys of migrating birds. Somehow, the birds have been able to sense storm paths and survive."

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