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Article: Helping Bluebirds.(Western Bluebird Translocation Program)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- April 1, 2008
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Representatives from the Fort Lewis, Wash., Fish and Wildlife Program, The Nature Conservancy and the American Bird Conservancy recently gathered at the post to catch two pairs of bluebirds and move them to the states San Juan Island.
Officials chose to relocate the birds to the island because it boasts one of the last-known natural oak-prairie bluebird habitats, said Jim Lynch, a Fort Lewis fish and wildlife biologist.
Through the Western Bluebird Translocation Program, wildlife officials hope to help the bluebirds repopulate, said Bob Altman of the ABC. It's unlikely the birds would have migrated there without some ...