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Hawaiian haven for seabirds (6972322187)

Image of Great Frigatebird

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Description: Redfooted boobies and great frigatebirds Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge Photo: Sarah Youngren, USFWS Pres. Teddy Roosevelt sent in the U.S. Marines to protect seabirds from plume and egg hunters in a vast swath of the Pacific, and in 1909 he gave them official wildlife conservation status as a wildlife refuge. Date: 11 March 2012, 08:44. Source: Hawaiian haven for seabirds Uploaded by Dolovis. Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters.

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