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Other segments from the episode on August 3, 1999
The Complexity and Wonders of Avian Migration.
Birder and naturalist Scott Weidensaul author of "Living on the Wind" (North Point Press) discusses the habits of migratory birds, what makes them do what they do, and how they're able to do it.
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