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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Early research suggested that “Fragmented distributions and population bottlenecks due to human activities appear to have increased genetic differentiation among populations” (Leberg 1991). Boehrer, Bruce, Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010., Which would be weird.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. He was named the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Cat of the Year for 2010, and he has authored two critically acclaimed books.

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