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Ants Put a Hitch in Falcon Placement
Evelyn Cronce — 11 July 2007 — in Aplomado Falcon Restoration
Thousands of harvester ants were swarming in the desert July 6, when members of the Aplomado Falcon Project arrived to put the birds in their hack boxes. The ants apparently were looking for higher ground. They found it, not only on the blooming yuccas, but also all over the three hack boxes that had been built to house the 11 young falcons scheduled for release July 13. This was not business as usual. Read more...
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Completed Projects:
- Arctic Program - Greenland
(Project completed in 2006) (15) - Mongolia Project
(Project completed in 2006) (6) - Neotropical Environmental Education Program
(Project completed in 2009) (17)
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Where we work
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