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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost. In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., Rogers can.

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Marabou Storks

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Add that sense of impending doom to an atypical appearance and you get a bird that stirs strong emotions in people. But what actually snapped me out of documenter mode was disgust. .” They stroll around in their dark cloaks and come to collect the dead. I happen to love them. They also frequent some beautiful places.

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Saving Jemima and Julie: a Book Review

10,000 Birds

Zickefoose documented the stages of the molt over its eighteen-day course, in her trademark watercolor painting (above right, starting at the bottom and going clockwise). And Jemima’s “catastrophic molt,” as Zickefoose says, sounded worse than it was.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Reference books are supposed to be full of documentable facts, not stories from people without a PhD next to their name.

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On Coping Mechanisms

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And I know that, for instance, I simply don't have the skill set to be an undercover person who documents abuse. Yesterday , Abby wrote: Off topic, but I was wondering if you have any advice for those of us who are highly emotionally sensitive and also interested in animal welfare issues?

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Tails of Aloha

4 The Love Of Animals

We send Animal Therapy teams to hospitals, nursing homes, Hospices and even private homes for Animal assisted Therapy (where we have animals go to individuals or groups) or Animal Assisted Activities (Where we have an animal involved with the actual therapy of an individual that is observed and documented by a Health/Human service professional.)

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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Both McWillam and Hammer express mixed emotions about Lendrum–they abhor his actions but admire his talents–they stress his climbing abilities but he’s obviously also skilled at finding the nests–and his bonhomie fabrications, even the most ridiculous lie is given repeatedly and confidently.

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