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Aelian’s On The Nature Of Animals: The Classics Can Be Fun!

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Despite the last group, this is not merely a collection of just-so stories. A subject that Aelian returns to again and again is the still-contentious issue of the animal mind , and to what degree the creatures he describes can be accurately said to learn, reason, and have morals.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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Essay #158, “Things Birders Do: Big Years,” starts with the writer’s observation of a Barn Owl and then defines a Big Year, surprisingly celebrating it as opportunities for solitary introspection. So many birding books talk only about birds, it’s fun to read about us for a change.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Redgannet collects up all the data and reports back on the first Saturday of each month. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Eastern Screech-Owl – Megascops asio. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops choliba. Point Lookout.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. African Scops-Owl – Otus senegalensis. 29 Mar 2016.

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Combined Beats’ list

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. 29 Jan 2016.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Little Owl – Athene noctua. Great Horned Owl – Bubo virginianus. Barking Owl – Ninox connivens. 04 Jun 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

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The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint accont. Barn Owl – Tyto alba. Indian Scops-Owl – Otus bakkamoena. Pacific Screech-Owl – Megascops cooperi. 29 Jan 2016.

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