ࡱ>  xbjbjVV 7X<<x aps8P10a a : 1 2 3 >> Oh, gosh. 4 Okay, you can stay there. 5 >> Birds can connect us. 6 In North America 7 and Latin America. 8 >> Oh, my god! 9 That was so incredible! 10 >> People have connected 11 to save these small 12 migratory birds. 13 >> We have to work as a team. 14 >> They are "Our Birds." 15 And they face a perilous future. 16 >> The clock is ticking. 17 18 >> Major funding 19 for "Our Birds" is provided 20 by the people of Alliant Energy, 21 who bring safe, reliable and 22 environmentally friendly energy 23 to keep homes, neighborhoods, 24 and life in Wisconsin 25 running smoothly. 26 Alliant Energy, offering 27 energy saving ideas on the Web. 28 And the Animal Dentistry 29 and Oral Surgery Specialists 30 of Milwaukee, Oshkosh 31 and Minneapolis. 32 A veterinary team working 33 with pet owners and family 34 veterinarians throughout 35 Wisconsin, providing care for 36 oral disease and dental problems 37 of small companion animals. 38 Additional funding is provided 39 by the Paul E. Stry Foundation 40 of La Crosse, Wisconsin, 41 and Friends of Wisconsin 42 Public Television. 43 44 >> There's a connection 45 between Calumet County 46 in Wisconsin 47 and the rugged hills 48 rising up from the Pacific Ocean 49 of Costa Rica's 50 Corcovado National Park. 51 A tie between 52 the skyscraper canyons in 53 the cities of North America. 54 >> It's a Canada Warbler. 55 >> And the rainforest 56 of the southern hemisphere. 57 This is the bond, 58 a winged connection 59 that we share. 60 >> That's a long ways on those 61 little wings. 62 >> These birds, neotrops, 63 short for neotropical migrants, 64 that breed in the northern 65 hemisphere and migrate 66 in fall and spring, 67 back and forth, to their home 68 in the southern forests. 69 Their numbers are falling, 70 and they face enormous perils, 71 north and south. 72 People are working to save them, 73 working to save "Our Birds." 74 75 >> Look at that! 76 >> Wow! 77 >> That is amazing to me. 78 >> They take the leaves back and 79 they culture fungus on them. 80 Then they eat the fungus. 81 >> Change 82 is not always easy to see. 83 >> Oh, he's eating it. 84 >> See how he mushes it up 85 and eats it. 86 >> These birds watchers. 87 >> Look at that, 88 going back and forth. 89 >> All from Wisconsin. 90 >> A lineated woodpecker. 91 >> Are on an adventure 92 through the jungles 93 and beaches, and other 94 wild places of Costa Rica. 95 And in the process, they are 96 creating change, creating a new 97 model for bird conservation that 98 could be imitated worldwide. 99 It's a model pioneered 100 by this man, Craig Thompson. 101 He's an ardent birder. 102 >> Oh, yeah, it's just, 103 what are we gonna see next? 104 So you just get so jazzed, 105 and you go, "Ahh!" 106 He's backing up. 107 He's backing up! 108 >> Oh, he's turning. 109 He's moving! 110 >> Thompson works as a regional 111 land program supervisor. 112 >> Oh, my gosh, 113 it's a Swainson's Thrush. 114 >> For the Wisconsin Department 115 of Natural Resources. 116 This is his beat, 117 the Mississippi River 118 side of the state. 119 >> I got him! 120 >> You got him? 121 >> He knows birds 122 and conservation. 123 And he's traveled the world 124 in his time off 125 putting the two together 126 in a new way. 127 >> We're calling it 128 conservation birding trips. 129 What we do, is provide trips 130 basically at cost. 131 So we're offering bargain 132 basement prices, but the catch 133 is that every birder, 134 every participant that goes on 135 these trips has to donate 136 $500 per person to a non-profit 137 conservation organization. 138 And of course, the primary 139 emphasis of that is to save 140 habitat, to save wintering 141 habitat specifically, for those 142 birds that migrate from 143 Wisconsin down to Latin America. 144 >> Wintering habitat. 145 Home base, really, for these 146 tiny birds for most of the year. 147 >> It's a Philadelphia Vireo. 148 >> And different neotrops 149 need different habitat. 150 Red-eyed Vireos 151 prefer living up in the canopy 152 of the rainforest. 153 It's watery coastal mango forest 154 for the Prothonotary Warbler. 155 Weedy areas at the edges 156 of agricultural fields 157 for the Indigo Bunting. 158 The Eastern Phoebe likes 159 to hang by rivers and streams. 160 Places that are also valuable 161 and vulnerable. 162 >> The clock is ticking. 163 The population of Latin America 164 is expected to increase 165 by 100 million to 360 million 166 over the next 40 years. 167 That's a lot more people 168 in a very finite land mass. 169 They need clothes. 170 They need food. 171 They need shelter. 172 And they're going to want all 173 the things that we have in terms 174 of lifestyle, televisions, 175 washers, dryers, refrigerators. 176 The clock is ticking and we 177 really have a very limited 178 window to try to protect these 179 remaining big blocks of forest, 180 so we can hang onto the birds 181 that breed up in the States 182 and then winter down here. 183 Every acre that's protected 184 makes an enormous difference. 185 >> Fall, by a small pond 186 on the outskirts of Madison. 187 Wisconsin conservationist 188 Charlie Luthin is on the lookout 189 for the last of the small 190 fall migrants, the neotrops, 191 as overhead the big migrants 192 move through. 193 >> They came back 194 from the brink. 195 There were times when the Canada 196 Goose was rare in Wisconsin, but 197 now they're abundant, because of 198 the protective measures. 199 >> Birds are a big concern 200 for Luthin and the non-profit 201 organization he works for. 202 He's the executive director of 203 the Natural Resources Foundation 204 of Wisconsin. 205 It's a 2,500-member organization 206 with a budget of more than a 207 million dollars, and a singular 208 mission. 209 >> We raise money to give it 210 away, to support good 211 conservation work. 212 >> And birds have been 213 a big part of that. 214 The Whooping Crane. 215 The endangered Kirtland Warbler. 216 Turkey Vultures. 217 218 But now, for the first time, 219 they're sending money south, 220 to buy land here. 221 >> I saw an opportunity 222 for our Wisconsin organization 223 to get involved 224 in Latin American conservation. 225 I couldn't have been happier. 226 I was thrilled. 227 If we, as Wisconsin citizens, 228 don't protect habitat 229 in Central America 230 and South America, 231 we'll lose the songbirds 232 in our backyard. 233 It's as simple as that. 234 They're really tropical birds. 235 They are more fluent in Spanish 236 than they are in English, 237 because they spend more than 238 half their life in either 239 Central or South America. 240 >> Yes, our birds 241 spend the bulk of the year here. 242 Sharing the landscape 243 with the locals. 244 245 The Rufous Motmot. 246 The Spectacle Owl. 247 The Scarlet Macaw. 248 The tropical birds 249 who don't travel. 250 But our birds do. 251 Every fall, they pour south. 252 >> Imagine that this funnel 253 represents a map. 254 The top part of the funnel, 255 the wide part, is Canada 256 and the United States. 257 The lower part of the funnel is 258 the isthmus of Central America. 259 >> The grains of sand 260 are south migrating birds. 261 They funnel down, and they're 262 packed in to these wild places. 263 >> So, for every acre of Central 264 America, it's much more valuable 265 than an acre of North America, 266 because it's holding more birds 267 at a higher concentration. 268 >> These migrating birds 269 pour on the miles. 270 That backyard Baltimore Oriole 271 can log up to 3,000, one way. 272 The U.S. first third 273 is probably the easiest part 274 of their incredibly demanding 275 journey. 276 >> Now they actually migrate 277 over the Gulf of Mexico nonstop 278 for 500 miles. 279 That's going to take a Baltimore 280 Oriole probably 18 hours. 281 If it hits a head wind, 282 24 hours. 283 It's going to land on the 284 Yucatan Peninsula, exhausted, 285 emaciated. 286 It's got to be able to eat right 287 away if it wants to be able 288 to continue its journey another 289 700, 800, 900 or 1,000 miles 290 south to its wintering grounds, 291 either in Costa Rica or Panama. 292 We have to make sure 293 that they have quality habitat 294 when they actually arrive 295 on their wintering grounds. 296 It doesn't matter how many 297 of them we grow up in Wisconsin 298 if there isn't a place for them 299 to winter down here, we're just 300 growing more birds that are 301 going to come down here, 302 drift around and die. 303 304 >> And they are. 305 >> The Wood Thrush 306 is going down. 307 Kentucky Warblers are going 308 down. 309 Even our Baltimore Oriole, 310 that species is declining 311 at 1.3% per year. 312 >> How to stop that decline 313 when the habitat here 314 is disappearing. 315 >> We have never sent money to 316 Latin America, despite the fact 317 that more than half of our birds 318 are entirely dependent 319 on the these forests 320 that you see around us. 321 322 >> We do, however, 323 send money to Canada. 324 We have for years. 325 Wisconsin hunters 326 buy water fowl stamps. 327 Those monies buy habitat north, 328 across the border. 329 >> Upwards of $100,000 to 330 $200,000 a year that has been 331 applied to protecting 332 breeding habitats for water fowl 333 in Canada. 334 That's been going on for 335 the last couple of decades. 336 You know, the hunters understood 337 the notion of conservation 338 very early. 339 If they want to keep hunting 340 ducks, there has to be not only 341 breeding habitat for them, 342 but wintering habitat for them. 343 >> Thompson believes it's time 344 for birders to step up to the 345 plate. 346 >> Everybody on it? 347 >> These folks have. 348 Monies raised by these 349 conservation birders have saved 350 more than 2,000 acres of land 351 south of the border 352 for migratory song birds. 353 >> How's everybody feeling? 354 Everybody all right? 355 >> And in 2009, Thompson helped 356 bring in another partner 357 to purchase land. 358 A big one, 359 the state of Wisconsin. 360 >> I'm very proud to say, for 361 the first time in history, the 362 Wisconsin Department of Natural 363 Resources has actually donated 364 a substantial amount of funding 365 to help protect the wintering 366 habitat in Latin America 367 for our migratory birds. 368 It's never happened before. 369 Ground breaking in terms of the 370 department's participation. 371 >> The state of Wisconsin 372 donated $20,000 373 to save wintering habitat here. 374 Note that Wisconsin's donation 375 to save Wisconsin's birds 376 didn't require tax dollars. 377 >> It's not tax dollars 378 that are being used. 379 It was a wonderful donation 380 called the Bell Family 381 Foundation. 382 It's money that's actually been 383 donated to the agency. 384 We made a conscious decision 385 to apply those funds to help 386 purchase the Cerro Osa property. 387 >> The Cerro Osa. 388 >> Two-thirds of this property 389 is primary forest. 390 It's the good stuff. 391 Never been cut. 392 Thousand-year-old trees. 393 >> Here's a look. 394 In the foreground is Cerro Osa, 395 a 1,500-acre property, 396 forested and wild. 397 In the background, past the 398 hills, is the southern tip of 399 Corcovado, Costa Rica's largest 400 national park, 100,000 acres. 401 The goal is to create a corridor 402 of protected land, 403 from Corcovado, including 404 the Cerro Osa property, and 405 extending to the southern tip 406 of the Osa Peninsula. 407 408 This peninsula, 409 the Osa Peninsula, 410 is a very rare place. 411 >> It is literally one of 412 the most biodiverse places 413 on the planet. 414 It's this big chunk of land 415 that sticks into the Pacific. 416 It's covered with forest. 417 And one of the reasons this 418 peninsula is so significant 419 is not only because it has all 420 kinds of species, many of which 421 are found nowhere else in the 422 world, but because there are 423 still big blocks of forest here, 424 there are hundreds of thousands 425 of acres of forest, 426 essentially in tact. 427 >> It's a mecca for thousands of 428 birds, including our migrants. 429 >> We have 240 species 430 of breeding birds in Wisconsin. 431 Of those, at least 54 species, 432 so 25% of our Wisconsin birds 433 are spending the winter 434 in a very, very tiny piece 435 of real estate, 436 the Osa peninsula of Costa Rica. 437 If we can save a portion 438 of the Osa Peninsula, 439 we'll be able to protect 440 a lot of our Wisconsin birds. 441 >> There are all kinds of 442 species that breed in Wisconsin 443 that depend on these big blocks 444 of forest, Swainson's Thrush, 445 Kentucky Warbler, Wood Thrush, 446 Olive-sided Flycatcher. 447 They're dependent 448 on these forests. 449 If the forests aren't there, 450 what happens from the practical 451 standpoint is they're pushed 452 into secondary habitats, 453 and a lot just don't make it. 454 >> They need a large intact 455 forest. 456 They aren't alone. 457 The forests of the Osa Peninsula 458 are still wild enough, 459 still big enough to support 460 five different species 461 of wild cats. 462 >> They hunt in a huge 463 home range. 464 Sometimes around 465 100 square kilometers, 466 400 square kilometers, 467 and sometimes more than 468 1,000 square kilometers. 469 >> Ricardo Moreno is 470 a Costa Rican researcher 471 who knows his forests. 472 >> It's the garlic tree, 473 the ajo tree. 474 It's one of the biggest around. 475 >> And his felines. 476 >> They will have different 477 sounds, and one of those 478 is like-- 479 (imitates a roar) 480 >> And the connections between 481 these so-called large cats, 482 the jaguarundi, the ocelot, 483 the puma, the margay and 484 the jaguar, these wild cats of 485 the Osa, and Wisconsin warblers. 486 >> The connection between 487 the jaguars and the birds 488 of Wisconsin is pretty big. 489 Jaguars are a keystone species 490 and umbrella species. 491 If we can protect the range, the 492 huge home range of the jaguar, 493 we can protect all the animals 494 inside, the birds and the other 495 species can come and be safe. 496 >> Moreno and his research 497 partner, Aida Bustamante, have 498 pioneered a multi-year study 499 of wild cat population dynamics 500 and habitat needs. 501 >> This is one of our best 502 places. 503 We like it a lot. 504 >> To study these secretive 505 creatures, they've set up 506 one of the largest camera trap 507 survey grids in the world. 508 More than 100 square kilometers 509 large, across the Osa Peninsula. 510 >> Hopefully, we get some 511 wild cats. 512 Cross your fingers. 513 Wow, this is a margay. 514 >> Margays can spend 515 their entire lives up here in 516 these trees, just like a bird, 517 and never touch down. 518 >> We can identify the 519 individual with the spot 520 patterns, because every single 521 animal has different spot 522 patterns. 523 >> And like our birds, 524 many of these wild cats 525 are under pressure. 526 >> We know between 2008 and 527 2009, nine jaguars were killed. 528 And it's a lot. 529 A lot of jaguars killed. 530 >> Moreno explains, one of these 531 conservation concerns in 532 a PowerPoint for Thompson's 533 conservation birding group. 534 >> People still trade the skins 535 here in the Osa Peninsula. 536 That is horrible. 537 Look at this. 538 This is an ocelot fur coat 539 in Italy, in the black market 540 in Italy. 541 How many ocelot that people need 542 to make one fur coat like this? 543 Give me one number. 544 Sixteen? 20? 545 Okay, people need at least 30 546 ocelots to make one fur coat 547 like this. 548 Most of them have destroyed our 549 cameras, or stole our cameras. 550 If we don't do something really, 551 really hard and really good 552 with the locale people, we have 553 a forest without jaguars. 554 And I cannot imagine something 555 like this. 556 >> The solution 557 was in this forest. 558 They had to get the local 559 people, the local poachers, 560 to see this forest 561 in a different way. 562 So they offered up 563 a business plan. 564 >> If you know where one jaguar 565 is walking around, and you come 566 with us and put the camera, and 567 if the jaguar cross in front of 568 the camera and we get a picture, 569 we pay to you. 570 And all the poachers 571 are like, wow, hmm. 572 Okay, it's easy. 573 You need to talk with your 574 friends, the other poachers 575 around, because if one of your 576 friends stole the camera, or 577 broke, you don't have the money. 578 >> Save the camera. 579 Save money. 580 Save the wild cats, 581 and save our birds. 582 >> Everything in the wildlife 583 and in the forests 584 have a connection. 585 Everything. 586 We cannot see, like jaguars on 587 this side, birds on this side. 588 All that fauna are together. 589 If we can keep the forests 590 like this, I think it's magic. 591 It's going to continue coming 592 back, go to North America, 593 and come to the Neotropics. 594 595 >> The local people are the key 596 of the conservation 597 around this area. 598 If we don't change the mind 599 of the people here, 600 we don't do anything 601 very, very good. 602 >> Juan Felice Mendoza Suarez is 603 one of the those local people. 604 His family goes back generations 605 in the Osa. 606 607 Suarez describes his job 608 as farmer. 609 He plants trees for the 610 Costa Rican environmental 611 non-profit, Amigos de Osa. 612 Friends of the Osa has funded 613 a variety of conservation 614 projects, including 615 the initial purchase of land 616 in the Cerro Osa property. 617 The organization was founded 618 in part by this man, 619 Adrian Forsyth, 620 the guy on the right, 621 holding the chunk of bamboo. 622 >> So, anyways, 623 it's an experiment to try. 624 >> Okay. 625 >> And it'll be dirt cheap, 626 which is what we like. 627 We like dirt cheap, right? 628 >> Forsyth is one of the world's 629 top conservationists, a tropical 630 scientist, he's not a birder. 631 He's a dung beetle specialist. 632 >> You know, I'm really 633 a bug person by nature. 634 I think that's because of 635 my extreme myopia. 636 I like to look at little 637 close-up things. 638 I like nothing better than 639 to just sit on a log watching 640 an army ant swarm going by. 641 >> And maybe that explains his 642 start small, think big 643 approach to conservation. 644 On this day, he's showing 645 Kory Kramer, the supervisor 646 of the Cerro Osa, a new process 647 for preserving bamboo, 648 that could grow into a lucrative 649 local business using local 650 and dirt cheap materials. 651 >> If you make guava leaf tea, 652 you get this stuff 653 that looks like Coca-Cola. 654 I made a bunch last night 655 on the stove. 656 >> Forsyth has also come up with 657 a dirt cheap and very innovative 658 research model for restoring 659 damaged forest land 660 on the Cerro Osa. 661 It's funded through 662 contributions from various 663 Wisconsin businesses, including 664 Neenah Paper. 665 >> They are contributing $60,000 666 over three years to help 667 reforest areas that have lost 668 their original forest cover. 669 The funds go directly into 670 raising seedlings, and providing 671 funds for those people 672 who are planting those trees. 673 >> The funds for this replanting 674 project are routed through 675 the Natural Resources Foundation 676 of Wisconsin. 677 And the project includes some 678 unexpected co-collaborators. 679 >> I figured when you have to 680 replant a rainforest, you've 681 got to plant 140 different 682 species of trees. 683 >> Not so. 684 >> In fact, if you plant 685 the species that attract the 686 animals, they will recreate 687 a rainforest. 688 They eat the fruits. 689 They eat the nuts. 690 They walk through the woods 691 and they poop. 692 They leave the seeds 693 on the ground. 694 It's as simple as that. 695 Birds fly over head. 696 They drop seeds when they poop. 697 Bats fly in. 698 They may have some seeds 699 attached to their fur. 700 Or something like a parrot, or 701 a fruit-eating bird, may eat the 702 fruit part and drop the seed. 703 So you get your native animals 704 to come in and do the work 705 for you, if you attract them in. 706 It's a brilliant idea. 707 >> They're concentrating 708 on 30 species of trees, with 709 attractive seeds and fruits. 710 Kramer shows Thompson's 711 conservation birding group 712 the tree farm. 713 >> These are all wild nutmeg. 714 They call it fruita dorado here, 715 like golden fruit. 716 It opens up and it has 717 a bright red aril, 718 and that's what toucans, monkeys 719 and other animals eat. 720 They'll grab that seed. 721 You know how toucans eat, right? 722 They flip it up 723 and they swallow it. 724 They eat that and then 725 they regurgitate that seed. 726 They don't stay in one place, 727 obviously. 728 They'll fly somewhere and then 729 they'll spit that seed out. 730 >> So from these select trees, a 731 complete rainforest can emerge. 732 Those who plant those trees, 733 like Suarez, 734 are critical to that effort. 735 736 >> Now, people are starting 737 to see the forests as a resource 738 that can create jobs for local 739 people that are based on living 740 with the forest rather than 741 being against the forest. 742 >> Given time and helped by this 743 innovative planting project, 744 rainforests will grow 745 to resemble these. 746 But Friends of the Osa is also 747 supporting innovative 748 alternatives to harvesting trees 749 here. 750 >> If you tell farmers they 751 can't go and cut a 500-year-old 752 tree to build a barn, you have 753 to provide some alternative to 754 them. 755 >> This is an alternative. 756 Bamboo. 757 Alfredo Quintero has a doctoral 758 degree in agronomy. 759 He's worked and studied abroad, 760 but made the decision to return 761 to his father's farm, 762 here in the Osa. 763 764 Quintero has planted species 765 that are non-invasive and can be 766 viewed here in his demonstration 767 garden. 768 >> They grow in a clump and you 769 can manage them, just the way 770 you manage an orange tree. 771 It doesn't take off into the 772 forest and become a pest. 773 But you know, it provides great 774 framing timber for making 775 lightweight, super strong 776 structures. 777 >> Bamboo is strong enough 778 to serve as scaffolding. 779 >> There's a business in 780 providing green, sustainably 781 managed materials. 782 You get usable, terrifically 783 strong bamboo in five years, 784 versus waiting 500 years 785 for a rainforest tree 786 to finally mature. 787 >> Quintero's goal, supported by 788 Friends of the Osa, is to get 789 local farmers to see bamboo as a 790 sustainable, sometimes superior 791 substitute for wood from the 792 forest. 793 794 This scientist hopes to provide 795 farmers with a new crop, a new 796 source of income that will also 797 save the forest and our birds. 798 799 Thousands of miles north, 800 in Wisconsin's Vilas County, 801 another researcher, Amber Roth, 802 is searching for ways to save 803 our birds with a different 804 kind of forest. 805 >> This is an aspen clear-cut 806 that is about seven years old. 807 We have a Golden-winged Warbler 808 nest right in front of me. 809 >> Here's the important take 810 away from what Roth just said. 811 It's the tie between this young 812 scrubby aspen forest that grows 813 up after a clear-cut, and this 814 Golden-winged Warbler nest. 815 The nest was abandoned because 816 of predators, but that fact that 817 a Golden-winged nested here says 818 that this type of forest is 819 ideal for this sort of bird. 820 >> He's got a nest that he needs 821 to get back to. 822 >> But Golden-wings 823 are in trouble. 824 Their numbers are in serious 825 decline. 826 The birds face a triple whammy. 827 Their annual migrations 828 are ordeal enough. 829 >> It's thousands of miles, 830 potentially, that they're 831 traveling. 832 It's a long ways on those little 833 wings. 834 >> Once in their wintering 835 grounds, they face ongoing loss 836 of forest land to agriculture, 837 making this an increasingly rare 838 sight. 839 >> A Golden-winged Warbler! 840 >> Golden-winged Warbler. 841 >> Okay, go above the light, 842 and to the right of the light. 843 >> You got him! 844 >> Golden-winged Warbler. 845 >> Wow. 846 >> There he goes. 847 >> While back on their summer 848 breeding grounds, these low 849 shrublands, perfect for hiding 850 a ground-based nest 851 are disappearing. 852 Research is critical. 853 And Wisconsin is a critical 854 place. 855 >> Wisconsin is known as the 856 epicenter for Golden-winged 857 Warbler breeding. 858 >> These guys like young 859 shrublands. 860 >> And Golden-wings aren't the 861 only ones. 862 >> I have a male Chestnut-sided 863 Warbler. 864 >> There are many birds that 865 prefer this kind of place. 866 >> We have got a Black-and-white 867 Warbler. 868 This attracts birds that like 869 a dense shrub layer. 870 This is a Mourning Warbler. 871 Because they have a lot of cover 872 for their nests. 873 Okay, there you go, dear. 874 >> This landscape is valuable 875 for these birds. 876 It may also be increasingly 877 valuable for us. 878 That intersection is the focus 879 of her research. 880 >> We're part of a big 881 cellulosic ethanol project with 882 a variety of researchers who are 883 really interested in what the 884 future potential is for using 885 aspen and grasslands for 886 potential sources for cellulosic 887 ethanol. 888 >> Fill 'er up. 889 With aspen. 890 >> You can make ethanol from 891 any kind of plant material. 892 That's what we're trying to look 893 for, is sort of a win-win 894 scenario between our economic 895 needs and the needs of wildlife. 896 You know, is there a way that 897 we can help our fuel prices, 898 and can we also create better 899 habitat for wildlife 900 at the same time? 901 >> Here. 902 There you go. 903 >> Logging is big business 904 in Wisconsin. 905 And one that has faced 906 rocky times. 907 >> They're very interested in 908 new options, especially with 909 the way prices are in the timber 910 industry. 911 Cellulosic ethanol is a big, 912 emerging industry that has 913 a lot of potential. 914 When contractors come out and 915 cut a site like this, there's 916 a bunch of branches and twigs, 917 and portions of the trees that 918 aren't used. 919 It could be that they use more 920 of the forest when they cut. 921 They lose the potential of using 922 what we call waste wood 923 for cellulosic ethanol. 924 >> Can a new industry take wing? 925 >> This might be a juvenile 926 Nashville Warbler. 927 >> Can we change the way 928 we see this landscape, 929 see this forest 930 as a place that provides fuel 931 for us, jobs for the future, 932 and sustenance for our birds? 933 934 To see a new way. 935 To work with the forest 936 instead of against it, 937 in the north and in the south, 938 and in the process, 939 protect our birds. 940 Deep in the rainforest 941 of Panama, Raul Arias, 942 a businessman, politician and 943 a leading light in Panama's 944 conservation community, 945 fell in love. 946 >> I don't know why, but I did 947 fell in love with this 948 structure. 949 It was a radar when the Cold War 950 was at its height. 951 The idea was to detect missiles 952 coming from Cuba, 953 or from the Soviet Union, 954 to attack the canal, 955 an early warning type of thing. 956 >> It was an abandoned 957 U.S. radar station 958 overlooking the Panama Canal. 959 >> I knew it could become 960 a great birding lodge. 961 Here, you see canopy birds 962 at eye level. 963 >> Now, it's called Canopy 964 Tower, and it's one of the top 965 birding sites in the world. 966 It helped spark an industry 967 in eco-tourism in Panama. 968 >> There was no precedent 969 in Panama. 970 I had my own doubts 971 if it would work or not. 972 It was a shot in the dark. 973 Fortunately, it hit 974 right in the center. 975 >> It's even sparked a companion 976 business in the highlands of 977 Panama, Canopy Lodge. 978 But most importantly, it's a 979 successful business, creating 980 jobs, working with the forest. 981 >> There are 18 people working 982 here. 983 984 It's a 100% sustainable 985 activity. 986 >> Canopy Tower birding guide, 987 Jose Rafael Soto. 988 >> So far, it's a good job. 989 You can make a good living 990 out of this. 991 It's a Violaceous Trogan. 992 It's right out in the open, 993 sitting on a dead branch. 994 I have a house. 995 I got married and have a car. 996 So, when I tell people what 997 I do, they don't believe it. 998 Apparently, there's a male and 999 female trying to build a nest 1000 in a curled up cecropia leaf. 1001 >> It's a job with a future. 1002 >> They take their chances 1003 when they do this, 1004 because the leaf is dead. 1005 It will fall any time. 1006 >> Other jobs that cut down 1007 the forest can come and go. 1008 >> With eco-tourism, we can take 1009 people, hundreds of times, 1010 through the same forest 1011 and still be the same. 1012 >> The male is right next to 1013 her. 1014 >> The forest around Canopy 1015 Tower and the Panama Canal 1016 is now a national park. 1017 When the United States 1018 controlled the canal, for 1019 security reasons, there was no 1020 development allowed. 1021 It was an inadvertent windfall 1022 that saved bird habitat, 1023 and is critical for the smooth 1024 operation of the canal. 1025 >> The forest here has not only 1026 aesthetic value for enjoyment 1027 and eco-tourism, 1028 but also it protects 1029 the watershed of the canal. 1030 It's vital for Panama's economy, 1031 the canal and fresh water. 1032 It makes the watershed 1033 to be in good condition. 1034 If you have a good forest in the 1035 winter, the rains come and 1036 they just wash into the ocean, 1037 into the sea. 1038 >> An intact forest can provide 1039 the fuel for a canal, and 1040 shelter and food for our birds. 1041 The fuel for that long journey 1042 north. 1043 1044 >> It's a day in May, 1045 a bleak and blustery day 1046 in downtown Milwaukee. 1047 >> Whoa! 1048 Wind hazard! 1049 >> It's early morning, 1050 and Scott Diehl is on 1051 a search and rescue mission. 1052 Search and rescue for small 1053 survivors like these. 1054 Diehl is the director of 1055 Wildlife Rehabilitation for 1056 the Wisconsin Humane Society 1057 in Milwaukee. 1058 >> A lot of glass. 1059 I think the bird collision issue 1060 has been one that has not had 1061 much awareness to date. 1062 And when these buildings were 1063 built, there wasn't an awareness 1064 about the magnitude 1065 of this problem. 1066 Reasonable estimates place the 1067 mortality between 100 million 1068 and a billion native birds dying 1069 in North America each year 1070 in window collisions. 1071 >> They hit the 1072 glass and they die. 1073 It's a phenomenon 1074 called window strikes. 1075 Hundreds of millions of neotrops 1076 perish every year 1077 in North America. 1078 The problem is particularly 1079 acute in Milwaukee, which is 1080 dead center in the Lake Michigan 1081 Flyway, a bird migration 1082 highway, and oh, so different 1083 from the rainforests back home. 1084 >> What happens down in this 1085 urban canyon down here, 1086 downtown Milwaukee, 1087 is there's so much confusion. 1088 There's so much glass, 1089 and so many reflective surfaces 1090 that the birds 1091 really get confused. 1092 They land in this area 1093 and then it's literally 1094 a gauntlet of glass and steel 1095 and concrete that they just 1096 are not prepared to deal with. 1097 >> And all these reflections 1098 and light in this gauntlet 1099 of glass can cause collisions. 1100 >> They hit the building 1101 for one of two reasons. 1102 Either they see the lights at 1103 night when they're migrating and 1104 they get confused by the lights. 1105 The other reason they collide 1106 is daytime collisions, 1107 where it's just reflections 1108 of the landscape on the glass. 1109 >> Or the birds actually see 1110 through these windows to 1111 greenery beyond, and think 1112 they've found a passageway. 1113 >> They have no concept 1114 of glass. 1115 And if you think about the 1116 jungle or the forest where these 1117 birds live, it's much like 1118 flying through the trees, 1119 where there are gaps, and so on, 1120 and winding their way 1121 through the foliage. 1122 So when they see in one window 1123 and out another, they think 1124 they can pass through there, 1125 you know, with deadly 1126 consequences. 1127 >> So, every morning during 1128 migration season, Diehl and 1129 a team of volunteers 1130 fan out across the city. 1131 It's search and rescue below big 1132 buildings with many windows. 1133 It's search and rescue to count 1134 the dead and save the injured. 1135 WIngs is the name 1136 of Diehl's rescue group. 1137 Wisconsin Night Guardians 1138 for Song Birds. 1139 >> We've got a little bird 1140 up ahead here. 1141 I'm going to go up and see 1142 if I can snag the little guy. 1143 >> Just outside one of the 1144 city's biggest skyscrapers, 1145 Diehl finds his first casualty, 1146 a bright yellow warbler, lying 1147 still against the gray cement. 1148 >> It's a Canada Warbler. 1149 Ah, poor little guy, 1150 or girl, as the case may be. 1151 >> Research has shown that one 1152 out of every two window strikes 1153 leads to a fatality. 1154 Often birds that may appear 1155 merely stunned have internal 1156 injuries that lead to their 1157 demise. 1158 >> We've got a Nashville Warbler 1159 that was found dead 1160 down at U.S. Bank, 1161 north side of Michigan, 1162 between Cass and Van Buren. 1163 This bird that weighs ten grams 1164 has flown to Costa Rica 1165 or Panama to Wisconsin, 1166 across so many hazards. 1167 They're at once amazing in their 1168 capability flying those 1169 distances and traversing all 1170 those mountain ranges, rivers 1171 and oceans, and yet, you know 1172 1/16" thick piece of glass is 1173 enough to stop them permanently. 1174 Staggering, staggering. 1175 And we're talking about 1176 dump trucks-full of these 1177 beautiful birds, 1178 just dying senselessly. 1179 And again, most of us 1180 aren't even aware of the issue. 1181 If something the size of a deer 1182 was laying dead outside these 1183 businesses each morning, 1184 or ten or 20 of them, 1185 you can really believe 1186 that someone to take notice. 1187 >> There you go. 1188 There you are. 1189 >> Most are in the dark 1190 about this problem. 1191 The Wisconsin Humane Society 1192 is on a mission to change that. 1193 >> It's great to be able to 1194 treat that bird and hopefully 1195 rehabilitate it, get it out 1196 again, get it released. 1197 But how much better is it to 1198 prevent this in the first place? 1199 To stop this needless death 1200 and suffering for birds. 1201 >> Rehabilitation is costly. 1202 And wildlife rehabilitators 1203 receive no public dollars. 1204 They exist on private donations. 1205 So the volunteers not only 1206 collect birds, they also compile 1207 information on the location 1208 of the window strikes. 1209 The hope is to persuade 1210 business owners to take steps 1211 to cut down on collisions. 1212 >> We want to be able to go 1213 back to them and say, here's 1214 what we found, and be able to 1215 actually document the problem. 1216 It gives us a little bit of 1217 backup when we approach these 1218 folks and ask them to help us 1219 save birds. 1220 >> Cutting down on collisions 1221 needn't be costly. 1222 In fact, it can save businesses 1223 money. 1224 A voluntary program called 1225 "Lights Out Toronto" 1226 hits the off switch 1227 from 11pm to 6am during fall 1228 and spring migrations. 1229 >> Those businesses saved 1230 hundreds of thousands of dollars 1231 and reduced their carbon 1232 footprint. 1233 >> Easy peel window treatments. 1234 Put them up during migration, 1235 then take them down, 1236 on just the first two floors 1237 of buildings and homes 1238 can cut down enormously 1239 on death and injuries 1240 from daytime collisions. 1241 Dead or alive? 1242 >> Alive! 1243 Fortunately, alive, 1244 which is wonderful. 1245 >> The little warbler 1246 Diehl found is alive. 1247 Diehl bundles the bird 1248 into a simple paper bag. 1249 It's dark and safe. 1250 And the bird won't injure 1251 herself if she flutters about 1252 and tries to fly. 1253 And it's off 1254 to the Humane Society. 1255 >> Window collisions, we'll look 1256 for eye injuries, head injuries, 1257 blood coming from the mouth. 1258 You can see this eye 1259 is a little bit swollen. 1260 It looks a little dehydrated, 1261 kind of droopy-eyed. 1262 It's not open all the way, 1263 like this one is. 1264 I'm just testing to see how 1265 they bounce back into place. 1266 If they're broken, they'll droop 1267 down and they won't pop back 1268 into place like this one's 1269 doing. 1270 He looks in good condition. 1271 I'm not feeling any breaks 1272 in the wings. 1273 >> After assessment, it's time 1274 for a little rehydration 1275 and a warbler-sized amount 1276 of medicine. 1277 >> I'm just going to put it 1278 on the seam of the bill. 1279 This helps with pain, and 1280 swelling, and inflammation. 1281 >> The same day as this rescue, 1282 Diehl drove to Doctors Park, 1283 north of Milwaukee, to band-- 1284 >> Okay, bud. 1285 Be careful. 1286 >> And release four birds 1287 brought back to health 1288 after window strikes. 1289 >> So, just roll him over there, 1290 Elizabeth, and let me get a leg. 1291 Okay, ready to go. 1292 Be careful there, kiddo. 1293 Don't you hit any windows. 1294 Ah, success. 1295 Ha-ha! 1296 Wonderful. 1297 Oh, I hope they do well. 1298 We gave them a second chance, 1299 anyway. 1300 There's 10,000 windows between 1301 here and where some of these 1302 guys want to be. 1303 So we're hoping that people will 1304 get involved and take action on 1305 their own homes and businesses 1306 to help these little guys 1307 make it. 1308 >> The migrations 1309 of these tiny birds, 1310 traveling thousands of miles 1311 twice a year, is full of peril. 1312 >> Somebody who lived near 1313 my mother's house had 1314 a Baltimore Oriole in a cage. 1315 It was very sad for me to know 1316 that this bird traveled for 1317 miles and miles, to get down 1318 to Panama and get trapped. 1319 I told him, you have to let it 1320 go, because it needs to go back 1321 home. 1322 If you want to see him, put a 1323 feeder outside your house, and 1324 it will come to the feeder. 1325 Then you will provide him with 1326 food, like you would with people 1327 who migrate. 1328 You offer them water and food 1329 to keep going. 1330 Well, do it with the birds, too. 1331 >> They need shelter and food, 1332 stopover habitat. 1333 And 30 miles north of Milwaukee, 1334 they're making some. 1335 Just outside of Port Washington, 1336 people had the vision to put 1337 this old golf course to new use. 1338 From swing time to sing time. 1339 This 116-acre parcel 1340 was purchased by the Ozaukee 1341 Washington Land Trust. 1342 Shawn Graff is the director. 1343 >> We purchased the site with 1344 the idea that it's number one 1345 function here is for the birds. 1346 Literally. 1347 As a matter of fact, we changed 1348 the name from Squires Country 1349 Club to Forest Beach Migratory 1350 Preserve. 1351 This was a real opportunity. 1352 This was one of the last 1353 remaining 100+ acre sites 1354 that was not developed 1355 on Lake Michigan. 1356 >> This lake is a critical 1357 flyway for migrating birds. 1358 Birds need this lake 1359 and land along it. 1360 Kim Grveles, conservation 1361 biologist for the Wisconsin 1362 Department of Natural Resources, 1363 and one of the advisors 1364 to the Forest Beach project. 1365 >> They migrate at night, 1366 and they fly all night. 1367 Many flocks will find themselves 1368 out over Lake Michigan 1369 when dawn hits. 1370 They can't put down in the 1371 water, so they must find habitat 1372 quickly, because they could 1373 easily get picked off by a hawk 1374 that's also migrating 1375 at that time of the year. 1376 >> They need protection 1377 and they need food. 1378 >> When they arrive at a 1379 stopover site, oftentimes their 1380 energy stores have been depleted 1381 and they are voraciously hungry. 1382 They're actively foraging and 1383 feeding, and moving around in 1384 the trees and shrubs, 1385 and grabbing what insects 1386 they can find. 1387 >> Birds touch down and bulk up 1388 all along Lake Michigan. 1389 Biologists describe the quality 1390 of the landing spots this way. 1391 >> The fire escape, 1392 the convenience store, 1393 and the full service hotel. 1394 Well, a fire escape is a place 1395 that will save the bird's life 1396 when it's migrating. 1397 It's going to be a very nominal 1398 habitat, such as a hedgerow in 1399 a box store, or even the railing 1400 of a ship on Lake Michigan. 1401 It gives the bird a place 1402 to put down and rest. 1403 >> Next up, 1404 the convenience store. 1405 Kind of what's here now. 1406 >> A convenience store would be 1407 the next best thing for a bird. 1408 It may not replace all the 1409 energy that the bird has spent, 1410 but it will give it 1411 some replacement. 1412 A full-service hotel would be 1413 a large landscape with a mosaic 1414 of different habitat types. 1415 That would give them everything 1416 they need to build up their 1417 energy stores for a long fight. 1418 >> Different species need 1419 different habitats. 1420 We're hoping to have woods. 1421 We're going to have grassland. 1422 We'll have savannah. 1423 We'll have shrubland, 1424 all different types of areas for 1425 different species to have their 1426 best shot at surviving 1427 that journey that they take 1428 along the flyway. 1429 We're told by some of our 1430 experts that this is the first 1431 time that they've heard of a 1432 preserve that's being developed 1433 specifically for migratory 1434 stopover habitat. 1435 They haven't heard of one 1436 in Wisconsin, or anywhere 1437 in the country. 1438 This is one of those projects 1439 where a lot of people thought, 1440 you know, you're crazy, buying 1441 this golf course and trying to 1442 turn it into preserve. 1443 They thought I had gone cuckoo. 1444 It's really a pleasure and 1445 rewarding that we're making it 1446 happen. 1447 1448 >> Habitat, created. 1449 Habitat, found. 1450 On the other side of the state, 1451 Craig Thompson is birding 1452 in his home town of La Crosse. 1453 >> It's a little warbler 1454 called a Tennessee Warbler. 1455 That's it, right there. 1456 (imitates warbler's song) 1457 It's got this accelerating 1458 staccato call. 1459 That bird just spent the winter, 1460 probably in Costa Rica, 1461 and is headed to boreal Canada 1462 to breed. 1463 This is a species that we'll 1464 only hear during migration. 1465 >> The sharper-eyed among you 1466 may have noticed the headstones 1467 behind Thompson. 1468 Yes, that's right, 1469 he's birding in a cemetery. 1470 And here's the story. 1471 Cemeteries have a role to play 1472 in international conservation 1473 efforts for migrating birds. 1474 This one is called Oak Grove, 1475 and it's not way out in the 1476 suburbs. 1477 Nope, it's nearly downtown. 1478 >> We're almost smack in the 1479 middle of the city of La Crosse. 1480 It's a town of 50,000. 1481 It's highly urbanized. 1482 It's busy, busy, busy. 1483 >> Take a look at the city of 1484 La Crosse, and it's easy to see 1485 how places like cemeteries can 1486 provide a little pocket of 1487 green, a kind of avian pit stop 1488 for the birds. 1489 Oak Grove joins up with 1490 the La Crosse marsh on one end, 1491 making for 80 acres 1492 in the heart of the city. 1493 It's inadvertent, 1494 but terrific bird habitat. 1495 The soundtrack tells the story. 1496 >> I hear a ball game going on 1497 behind us, or some kind 1498 of baseball practice. 1499 I can hear car traffic and 1500 vehicles over on Lang Drive. 1501 At the same time, we're hearing 1502 American Redstarts, a Yellow 1503 Warbler way off in the distance, 1504 a Baltimore Oriole, 1505 Chipping Sparrows, 1506 and the works. 1507 So it's this mishmosh of all 1508 kinds of nature and urban 1509 environment that come together. 1510 >> Okay, they don't mind the 1511 city. 1512 But what draws them here? 1513 Let's go back to that overview 1514 of La Crosse. 1515 It's a river town, built on the 1516 banks of the Mississippi. 1517 Think Interstate 1518 for migrating birds. 1519 >> It's a monstrous river, 1520 in fact the largest river 1521 in the United States that gets 1522 tremendous traffic, both from 1523 people and from wildlife, 1524 particularly migratory birds. 1525 You get millions of birds, 1526 literally, that funnel up the 1527 Mississippi, especially to the 1528 bird that's just migrated up, 1529 and they're exhausted 1530 and they're really hungry. 1531 They drop down and they 1532 have to find something to eat. 1533 If they drop in a bed of gravel 1534 with a couple of mums poking out 1535 of it, that's not a good habitat 1536 for them. 1537 >> This place wasn't landscaped 1538 for birds. 1539 It was landscaped 1540 for aesthetics. 1541 What resulted is a pretty, 1542 peaceful place that is also, 1543 happily, an avian smorgasbord. 1544 Which is great, because 1545 different birds have different 1546 dining demands. 1547 >> This is perfect. 1548 There are young trees. 1549 There are old trees. 1550 There are shrubs down near the 1551 ground level that the thrushes 1552 and the towhees will hop around 1553 in. 1554 So, you've got birds 1555 that are scattered throughout 1556 that entire zone, 1557 from ground layer up to canopy. 1558 They're everywhere. 1559 The birds just love it. 1560 There's an oriole singing above 1561 us right now. 1562 As habitats continue to shrink 1563 worldwide, these kinds of places 1564 are going to provide safe refuge 1565 for birds, ultimately, 1566 if they're done right. 1567 So to have this series 1568 of habitats that are linked 1569 in some way, along their entire 1570 migratory pathway is vital for 1571 the conservation of all species 1572 that migrate back and forth. 1573 >> And every bit of green, 1574 of the right kind, can help. 1575 Thompson takes us 1576 to his backyard. 1577 >> This yard is less than 1578 two-tenths of an acre, and we've 1579 got it crammed wall-to-wall 1580 with flowers and 1581 flowering shrubs and trees. 1582 >> Neighbors see a pretty yard. 1583 Migrating neotrops will see 1584 an avian diner full of bugs, 1585 full of food. 1586 >> This is all basically 1587 native plants. 1588 These are species called 1589 Culver's Root, Bergamot, Rigid 1590 Stem Goldenrod, New England 1591 Aster, and a host of other 1592 things that are all planted 1593 to benefit bugs. 1594 So when this is blossoming, when 1595 it's at the peak of phenology 1596 blossom-wise, in midsummer, 1597 this place is a nectar factory. 1598 >> It's a food factory 1599 underfoot, too. 1600 Check out the lawn. 1601 >> What I want to point out here 1602 is that this is just filled 1603 with weeds. 1604 We've got clover, 1605 and we've got chickweed, 1606 and we've got plantain, 1607 and we've got dandelions. 1608 I don't make an effort 1609 to get rid of any of them. 1610 The reason I don't is because 1611 monotypic, dense turfgrass 1612 is a biological desert. 1613 It doesn't provide 1614 a lot of habitat for anything. 1615 You want to provide plants 1616 that bugs feed on. 1617 Then those in turn feed 1618 bigger bugs. 1619 Those in turn feed birds. 1620 That's what we're trying 1621 to accomplish here. 1622 The Siskens and the Goldfinches 1623 come in and eat the dandelions. 1624 The Chipping Sparrows will eat 1625 these dandelion heads. 1626 Anybody can plant their yard to 1627 make it worthwhile for wildlife. 1628 It's really easy. 1629 It's fun. 1630 It takes a little bit of time to 1631 see it come into maturity, but 1632 it's incredibly satisfying. 1633 And to see the birds respond 1634 when they come in, jackpot. 1635 Mission accomplished. 1636 >> And as if on cue, minutes 1637 later, we hit the jackpot. 1638 >> I just heard 1639 the "chip" back here. 1640 It won't be coming into these, 1641 we're too close, but, 1642 there it is! 1643 Here it comes into 1644 the humming bird feeder. 1645 This is so cool. 1646 Here's a bird that just spent 1647 the winter in Central America. 1648 Somehow, in a miraculous flight, 1649 made it all the way across 1650 the Gulf of Mexico. 1651 This is a bird that weighs 1652 less than a dime. 1653 It flew non-stop across 1654 the Gulf of Mexico and somehow 1655 flew all the way up through 1656 every conceivable hazard 1657 to get to our backyard. 1658 Now it's feeding here 1659 and nesting here. 1660 >> Of course, this 1661 is all backyard 1662 for the birds. 1663 1664 The wintering grounds. 1665 The summer nesting territory. 1666 And the flyways 1667 that stretch between. 1668 Saved, 1669 created, 1670 added to, 1671 by the efforts of governments 1672 and organizations. 1673 But most often, 1674 by the push of individuals. 1675 >> We need committed, 1676 passionate individuals. 1677 >> Good morning. 1678 >> Hi, nice to see you again. 1679 One individual can make 1680 so much difference. 1681 >> In Panama, monies donated 1682 by the birders of Thompson's 1683 conservation birding trip 1684 paid for three years 1685 of operating expenses, including 1686 mist nets, and collection bags, 1687 and materials to collect data, 1688 for a bird banding station run 1689 by researcher Chelina Batista 1690 and her volunteer crew. 1691 >> This is a station, which is 1692 monitoring overwinter, 1693 station for migratory birds. 1694 Because we are interested to 1695 know what happened with the bird 1696 that came from the USA, and 1697 they spend their winter here. 1698 >> From deep in the rainforest 1699 from Central America... 1700 1701 To a park in downtown Milwaukee, 1702 Tim Vargo, research director 1703 of the Urban Ecology Center, 1704 oversees another crew 1705 of volunteers. 1706 >> The value is tremendous. 1707 The work that our volunteers 1708 are doing are published 1709 in peer review journals. 1710 >> 13.5 grams. 1711 >> They are doing real science. 1712 >> Miles apart, 1713 working together. 1714 >> If we can save that bird 1715 coming from North America, 1716 we are saving also, our bird. 1717 Or if we save the bird here, 1718 we can save the bird there. 1719 >> Oh, you pretty thing. 1720 Look at you! 1721 >> Birds can connect us. 1722 >> This is so cool. 1723 >> It's just one planet. 1724 >> The birds know it. 1725 >> Hey, sweet thing, how are ya? 1726 If you're happy, I'm happy. 1727 1728 Oh, my god! 1729 That was so incredible! 1730 >> Carijean, you haven't 1731 let a bird go in a while, 1732 do you want to do this one? 1733 >> Volunteer Carijean Buhk. 1734 >> You are holding a bird that 1735 might have started in Mexico, 1736 Panama, or somewhere else, 1737 and we're just a tiny part 1738 of its life. 1739 You realize that you're part of 1740 something really big, and yet 1741 really small at the same time. 1742 >> You can go now. 1743 >> There he goes! 1744 >> These small travelers. 1745 >> It's a Canada Warbler. 1746 >> Sky jewels, seldom seen. 1747 >> This might be a juvenile 1748 Nashville Warbler. 1749 >> Reminds us 1750 of the sky we share, 1751 their song 1752 speaks to our connection. 1753 >> We have to work as a team. 1754 We have to look at this 1755 as not just 1756 as two separate countries, 1757 but one land, one big piece 1758 of land for the birds. 1759 1760 >> Major funding 1761 for "Our Birds" was provided 1762 by the people of Alliant Energy, 1763 who bring safe, reliable and 1764 environmentally friendly energy 1765 to keep homes, neighborhoods, 1766 and life in Wisconsin 1767 running smoothly. 1768 Alliant Energy, offering 1769 energy saving ideas on the Web. 1770 And the Animal Dentistry 1771 and Oral Surgery Specialists 1772 of Milwaukee, Oshkosh 1773 and Minneapolis. 1774 A veterinary 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