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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

10,000 Birds

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Hat-tip to Stella. If you are a North American birder, you should make your voice heard. They may weigh in to make their voices heard… or not.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

10,000 Birds

Tags: digiscoping , ducks , jamaica bay • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. Hat-tip to Stella. There is something for everyone at 10,000 Clicks ! Get yours today! However, with only “Rubber&# people had no idea what I meant.

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Orange-headed Thrush

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The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Hat-tip to Stella. Tags: features , hong kong , orange-headed thrush , thrushes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Hat-tip to Stella. The proposal from U.S.

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Cool Summer Tips for Your Pet

4 The Love Of Animals

I’d always wanted a dog, and we had talked about adopting one for a while. After taking the time to read up on proper pet care and soliciting advice and tips from my dog-loving friends, I slowly began to feel comfortable taking care of Trevor as the long weekend progressed. Protect them from the sun.

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Spotted Thick-knee

10,000 Birds

Tags: south-africa , Spotted Dikkop , stone curlews , thick-knees • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Hat-tip to Stella. Go check it out! The proposal from U.S.

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