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Your Best Birds of the Year for 2012

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On this final day of 2012 it is time, just like it was on the final days of 2010 and 2011 , to share your Best Birds of the Year. Here, without further ado, are your Best Birds of 2012, in no particular order. I think my official Best Bird of 2012, though, was (finally, finally seeing) the Burrowing Owl.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of September 2012)

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Every wildlife watcher, no matter how specialized, becomes attuned over time to the ebb and flow of each local plant and animal’s life cycle. With enough observation and experience, we notice slight variations and how those aberrations sometimes ripple throughout ecosystems. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Rocky & Bella, Inc. earns National Animal Supplement Quality Seal

4 The Love Of Animals

recently met the National Animal Supplement Council’s nationally recognized standards after a rigorous facility audit, earning the NASC Quality Seal. It’s clear that Rocky & Bella is dedicated to the health and wellness of companion animals.” Rocky & Bella was founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Charlie Poznek.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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On June 16, 2012 R&R will be driving through Union, Middlesex, Monmouth Counties and more to bring hundreds of items to the shelter on Route 22. The animals at these shelters suffer extreme stress from deafening noise levels, horrible environmental conditions, and many other factors that contribute to behavioral problems.

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CBC Shenanigans

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It was late December, 2012, and I slotted into a sizable group under the joint leadership of two highly respected birders. Interestingly enough, a similar situation with the same animal would unfold many years later – with a crushingly similar outcome for me. Little did I know that it was much closer than I had assumed!

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Considering the fact that her lake lies conveniently close to the Moharli Gate, I suppose Telia would be the biggest earner of all the animals of Tadoba. She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of Costa Rica: A Field Guide–A Book Review

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Consider that Paulson’s Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East (2012) covers 336 odonate species and think about the difference in geographic size and you get a sense of the concentrated diversity in Costa Rica (though the authors note that the rate of diversity is still less than the increase in diversity for butterflies and orchids).