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Broome Golf Course birding

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Last week I introduced you to the new bird-watching hut at the Broome Poo Ponds and now I will let you know it is not just about the ponds, but the adjoining Broome Golf Course! Some bird species are regulars at the Golf Course, but we have also had rare birds how up over the years such as the Banded Lapwing in 2011. Golf Course birds!

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Why Tucson, for the birds of course!

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If you think about the city of Tucson alone, there are over 120 city parks, 5 public golf courses, the Tucson Botanical Gardens, Saguaro National Park, the Reid Park and Zoo, and the incredible Sabino Canyon. The post Why Tucson, for the birds of course! Better than rain and cold as far as I am concerned. Just the way I like it!

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Correcting course in Appalachia

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We all know that songbirds migrate at night to avoid predators and take advantage of the calmer atmospheric conditions, but it’s still very easy for a bird that weighs little more than a third of an ounce to get blown off course.

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The critters I find working at a golf course

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This is why I love my job (I’d also like to note that I only pick them up when they are at risk of getting run over by a golf cart or mower) submitted by /u/durham321 [link] [comments]

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Grey2K Looks at Macau Racing Course

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There is only one greyhound racing course in Asia and that is in Macau which now belongs to China. American organization Grey2K visited it and expressed concerns about treatment of the greyhounds both during their racing careers and once they are over.

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Birding, Cool? But Of Course!

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Just ask Felonious Jive, as Seagull Steve did in a wide-ranging interview on Bourbon, Bastards and Birds. If you are sensitive to curse words you shouldn’t click through and you should really get tougher. Just who is Felonious Jive? The coolest birder in the west, that’s who!

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Winter Birding in Maastricht

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While I have visited a few birding sites around the Netherlands during the course of my Bachelor studies, I did not go birding a lot around the city where I lived, Maastricht. After continuing to cycle to the southern edge, I finally picked out the Great Northern Diver after a long search.