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Autumn 2009: Migration Hot Spots
Six super birding sites that are well on their way to becoming fall classics.
By Kenn Kaufman
Green Travel
Parrots of the Caribbean
Beautiful Bonaire, celebrated for its beaches, reefs, and sea turtles, just may be the best chance for saving the yelalow-shouldered Amazon parrot.
By Ted O’Callahan/Photography by Kim Hubbard
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Work Plan
A company town in Iowa makes the switch from washing machines to wind machines, and shows the powerful potential of the green-collar revolution.
By Barry Yeoman/Illustrations by David Plunkert
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Wildlife Spectacle: The Butterfly Effect
Each autumn monarchs, palm-size and nearly weightless, battle the elements on an amazing journey to their wintering grounds.
By Michele Wilson
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Photo Gallery
Petal Pusher
In an outsized project, for its scale and ambition, a podiatrist-turned-artist aspires to be the John James Audubon of endangered plants.
Photography by Jonathan Singer/Text by Alisa Opar
Editor’s Note
By David Seideman
Audubon View
By John Flicker
Letters
Feedback from our readers.
Field Notes
Obama reverses Bush regulations; Everglades update; the world’s drinking problem; meet the new chair of the board; tackling the Atlantic in a 15-foot submarine; more.
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Green Guru
Aluminum and birds; bad-news backyard bears.
By Susan Cosier
Incite
Kill, Baby, Kill
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin takes steady aim at her state’s predators.
By Ted Williams
Earth Almanac
Fuel-efficient hummers; a sideways approach; fleeting beauties; flying cows; more.
By Ted Williams
Reviews
Hustle and Flow
The coming water crisis, and what to do about it.
By Victoria Schlesinger
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One Picture
Falls Guy
A bull elephant plays it close to the edge.
By Les Line
On the cover: The giant Amazon water lily can be 50 feet across. Photo by Jonathan Singer. |
