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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

10,000 Birds

Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Although it is impossible for me to prove this, you should take the word of this Overlord Ornithologist when I say there are simply more good birders around right now. 6) Taxonomy. 9) Birdfinding.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs.

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