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Shorebird migration
Shorebirds need lots of food to migrate long distances to take advantage of the abundance of food in the Arctic tundra during the summer but they face many threats along the way.
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Original Air Date:
Aug 8, 2002
Web Site:
http://shorebirds.pwnet.org/index2.html
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