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The Most Interesting Gull in the World

10,000 Birds

a sea gull.''” Of course, that raises an important question – what is the most interesting gull in the world? And what about lifestyle? Gulls, well… as I was moved to tweet after a long day on the Brooklyn coast, “you can see the most interesting gull in the world and non-birders will just be like ‘oh.

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Birding Singapore

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The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish).

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

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This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Believe it or not, this is what “fidelity” looks like.

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448 Great Things to do in Nature

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Our increasingly sedentary and indoor lifestyles have taken their toll on our kids with childhood obesity, ADD/ADHD diagnosis and childhood drug abuse at unprecedented levels. Ken Keffer was born and raised in Wyoming. This has devastating consequences for their development and, ultimately, the health and future of humanity as a whole.

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City Guide: Finding Birds in Belgrade

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Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. and am not a lifestyle writer to comment on those claims. Her article starts with a bold claim that “no city makes you feel more like a New Yorker than Belgrade.”

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. You should try it too. Well, Nanhui had some this month.

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