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Just want to draw attention to this terrific article from our friends at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service about the need to protect nesting birds such as the Western Snowy Plover.
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.