Island of Silence
Dec 10, 2018
2 minutes
BY ERIC WAGNER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NANCY BOROWICK
THE FORESTS OF GUAM ARE eerily quiet. Ever since birds disappeared a few decades ago, only the hum of insects and rustling of leaves float on the humid air of this 210-square-mile island in the Western Pacific Ocean. If a bold avian reintroduction project is successful, however, the mountainous terrain might once again brim with song.
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