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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

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Morphologist Gerald Mayr listed several of these in a 2004 paper. As other scientists have examined the Mirandornithes hypothesis, however, they have found many important similarities between flamingos and grebes, beyond the consistent and mounting genetic evidence. The groups do, contrary to van Tuinen et al.’s

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Oriental Pratincoles

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They appear to have an extremely large range and the population appears to be in the range of 3 million birds after an unprecedented flock was observed south of Broome in February 2004. A similar situation followed after good rains in 2010.

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Baby Lemurs at Busch Gardens

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Since its inception in 2004, the Fund has donated more than $6 million to more than 500 projects around the world. Baby Lemurs at Busch Gardens originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on May 17, 2010. For more on the Fund, visit SWBG-ConservationFund.org.

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Birds of Belize & Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide Review Doubleheader

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of Texas Press, 2004). Lee Jones’ Birds of Belize is a good field guide but organized with plates separate from species accounts, and a lot has happened in the birding world since 2004. Sullivan, 2015), Offshore Sea Life ID Guide: East Coast (with Brian L. Lee Jones and illustrated by Dana Gardner (Univ.

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Dog Flu Facts

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The dog flu first emerged as a threat in 2004. Dog Flu Facts originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 23, 2010. Here are some important dog flu facts: WHAT IS THE DOG FLU? The H3N8 virus, more commonly referred to as the Dog Flu or canine influenza.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

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Data collection for the Second Breeding Bird Atlas Project of Pennsylvania took place from 2004 through 2009, roughly twenty years after the first official atlas project, 1983 through 1989. The chart of breeding bird survey data goes up, up, up, particularly for the period from 1990 to 2010. The second page is the map page.