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A couple of facts :D

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• Tigers and other big cats are able to mimic other animals, tigers in specific mimic deer, bear, cattle and monkeys and the South American Margay can mimic the call of baby monkeys to lore adults. Deer, cattle, camel and goats are more closely related to dolphins and whales then they are with horses. . •

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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. Not the strictly protected bustards, but Red Foxes, Brown Hares, Pheasants , as well as Hooded Crows and Rooks. What treats do they face? What is the latest outcome of all this?

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Chilling out with Rollers and Hoopoes

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Above the reedbeds, there were numerous Common Sand Martins (Bank Swallows), with a few Barn Swallows , while the large herd of grazing cattle (one of them particularly interested in licking the dust off my car) was followed by two dozen Western Yellow Wagtails. The Danube shallows are waterless.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Quality time was spent with a friendly Hamar family at their homestead of grass huts surrounding their cattle corral.

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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Next comes the White-footed desert fox, Vulpes v. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. On the other side was a MacQueen’s Bustard , one male and … three, four females at the clearing between the bushes, where they will soon disappear – 168th species on my trip list. ceylonensis. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

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Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. Heartworms. WEE, or Western Equine Encephalitis.

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Collaborative list November – 2021

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156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 424 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 424 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. The life list sits stubbornly at 4081. 1 Great Tinamou – Tinamus major. 2 Slaty-breasted Tinamou – Crypturellus boucardi.

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