A roundup of the week's news of birds and the environment : These are a pair of Northern Emerald-Toucanets , a bird found in parts of southern Mexico and into Central America. It is a bird of forested habitats and it eats mostly fruit. They are nonmigratory and the population size is really unknown but it is thought to be decreasing. Its main threat is loss of habitat through deforestation. It is the American Bird Conservancy's Bird of the Week . *~*~*~* It has been a hot month so far in the Southwest. Heat records could be toppled in various places. *~*~*~* Death Valley National Park is full of life - specifically wildflowers that are blanketing the park in the most breathtaking bloom seen there in a decade. *~*~*~* Whooping Cranes are among the most closely tracked and monitored birds in North America. We almost lost them in the last century and we don't want that to happen again. We are still learning about how they utilize their habitat. *~*~*~* So it looks lik...
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