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Toilet Paper and Migratory Birds?
by Amy Eddings
NEW YORK, NY May 12, 2006 —Saturday is International Migratory Bird day, held annually on the second Saturday in May to celebrate, and support the conservation of birds like the Ruby Crowned Kinglet and the Virginia Rail. This year, to mark the day, the environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council wants to call your attention to the brand of facial tissue and toilet paper you use. Here to explain what the Virginia Rail has to do with toilet paper is NRDC senior scientist Allen Hershkowitz.