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Wrap-Up of 2012 Big Year Birding

10,000 Birds

Perhaps the biggest big year of 2012 was in Australia. Anthony Collerton also broke a big year record, with 361 species checked off his New York State checklist, breaking the state record of 352 set in 2011 by Richard Fried. Anthony has the rundown on his big year here.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. In Torquay, Australia, after a mother kangaroo was struck by a car, a dog discovered a baby joey in her pouch and took it to his owner who cared for the youngster. the Spring 2011 issue of YES!

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