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Dr. Jeff Wells is the Senior Scientist for the Boreal Songbird Initiative. During his time at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and as the Audubon Society's National Conservation Director, Dr. Wells earned a reputation as one of the nation's leading bird experts and conservation biologists. He is now dedicated to understanding and protecting the land where North America's birds are born and raised, the Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska. Check back regularly to read Dr. Wells' perspectives on the conservation, migration and interesting habits of Boreal birds.

Archive for August, 2007

A Peaceful Din

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

It is 9 pm on a mid-August Wednesday night. I sit on the porch of my house here in Maine. Stars speckle the dark sky above, a din of cricket sounds enveloping me.
It’s not quiet but it is peaceful. It sooths my mind from the day’s flurry—global warming, protected areas strategies, media plans, speaking engagements, [...]


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