BIRDS ETCETERA: Bird Flu Surveillance in Alaska

Monday, May 22, 2006

Bird Flu Surveillance in Alaska

Strangely, this otherwise excellent article by Associated Press writer Dan Joling is illustrated by a photo of a "racing pigeon" in Jakarta, Indonesia. The project is said to be so massive that Alaska biologists face a shortage of swabs for collecting fecal samples.

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: Name: John L. Trapp; Location: Buchanan, Michigan, United States

My fascination with birds dates to earliest childhood. Entries in my high school senior yearbook profess my interest in ornithology. Birds and their conservation were the focus of a 33-year career as a professional wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that took me from the westernmost Aleutian Islands to the political intrigue of Washington, D.C. In retirement, birds remain my constant obsession.

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