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The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

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They can grow rather large , over six feet, with some tipping the scales at over twenty pounds, though iguanas that large are the exception rather than the rule. The female of the species lays ten to thirty eggs in a burrow she digs about 65 days after mating. This post was originally published on 12 May 2009.

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Mediterranean Gull – Coming to a Coast Near You Soon?

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July, as all northern hemisphere birders appreciate, is the month when the egg timer flips and everything starts pouring back out again in a steady stream south. By the time they arrive back for their 2nd-summer, they’ve pretty much lost any signs of immaturity other than the black marks on the primary tips.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

Journal of the American Dietetics Association 109(7), July 2009: 1266-1282.] One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals. Eggs and dairy products also contribute to all the environmental problems listed above.

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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review

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Press), which Mike reviewed in 2009 , is the one most people will be comparing it to), by a view of birds that encompasses their habitat and ecology. The field guide differentiates itself from other guides to birds of Borneo and Southeast Asia ( Birds of Borneo: Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak, and Kalimantan by Susan Myers (Princeton Univ.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

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Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. Common and differing traits will include type of coloring, thorax patterning, how they perch or fly, how they copulate, and how they oviposit, lay eggs. This is necessary reading.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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