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Fly Away Little Lady

Island supervisor Catherine Pham carefully holds this female Magnolia Warbler that flitted into their research tent on Outer Green Island one day. “Fly away little lady.”  With a light loosening of her grip this delicate winged visitor is free again. Photos Courtesy of Kaitlyn Nafziger

Panda Babies!

Panda Babies! Two young pandas born last year, Zhang Ka’s second cub and Xi Xi’s second cub, practice climbing skills in the Wolong Nature Reserve. Sixteen hundred pandas are approximated to live in the wild today with 325 in zoos and reserves. The China Research & Conservation Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve was