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 Stories About: Portland AND wildlife
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Rockin' robins
Birds die in Portland neighborhood after alcohol binge |
Katy Balatero |
05 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This story from The Oregonian gives new meaning to the term 'dead drunk': It's a case fit for wildlife CSI: 55 robins from the Mount Tabor neighborhood -- all dead within a few nearby backyards. Toxic spill? Mystery virus? Maybe not. The leading theory is that the birds were fatally intoxicated, said Bob Sallinger of the Audubon Society of Portland's wildlife care center, where the birds ended up last week. That's right: The birds drank th ... |
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| Topics: Portland, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Alien Invasion!
A review of Tinkering with Eden and Nature Out of Place |
Meredith Hall |
10 Jan 2002 |
Arts and Minds |
| I love my hometown, but I have a bone to pick with a few of its inhabitants -- especially the green ones. It's not the lively Nader supporters of Portland, Ore., that I have hard feelings for, but rather the guileful botanic creepers that go by the common name English ivy. Botanic enemy number one is a luscious green forest dweller, a lazy gardener's groundcover, a symbol of old-world garden soph ... |
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| Topics: Portland, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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