Thu.Mar 27, 2014

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Woof Wednesday: Cute dog alert

4 The Love Of Animals

'Baby the Maltese doing what she does best; being cute! The post Woof Wednesday: Cute dog alert appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida

10,000 Birds

'Florida is known as the Sunshine State. It is also known for the 500 exotic species of animals and plants that now call the Sunshine State home. Exotic species are animals that did not historically occur in Florida. Most were introduced, meaning they were brought to Florida by humans. One such species is the familiar mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Resident mallards are considered an “exotic duck” in Florida and have the potential to drive the native mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) to extinction th

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Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of March 2014?

10,000 Birds

'If spring so far has failed to live up to your expectations, look upon the season as Gerard Manley Hopkins did : Nothing is so beautiful as spring-. When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush. Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring. The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing… Will you listen for the lightning-strike of thrush song this weekend?

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