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Swarovski 8×30 CL Companion: Blue Birds in 3D

10,000 Birds

In 2011, I acquired a pair of Swarovski 8×30 CL Companion. One bird was flying towards us and, just prior to avoiding us, only slightly raised its head (showing us its yellow throat) before picking up an insect in mid-air. A few weeks later, I was guiding a EuroBirdwatch event in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Ground Zero Hero

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Shortly after arrival, her group got the call that the dogs were needed. Sarah also started the Search and Rescue Dog Foundation, www.sardogfoundation.org , which raises money to help handlers purchase replacement dogs, which cost between $1,500 and $6,500. Anna had to be put down 11 months later.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Gazing at Cathy Conheim, a psychotherapist raised to hate cats because they ate birds, and Donna Brooks, a retired physician and sculptor who had never had a cat, but always reached out to heal anyone who was hurting, the kitten eyed them hopefully. Any animal group in the world can use these materials as fundraising tools.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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The USFWS designated the whooping cranes in this population “nonessential and experimental.” Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Nobody needs to eat them.

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Bird Song and Parallel Evolution: learning from our feathered friends

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The templates can be discovered by raising birds in the absence of adult song, and they often sound very little like the normal final product. The bottom two are the songs of individuals raised in isolation, representing only their “built-in&# template unaffected by the experience of hearing normal adults. London: John Murray.

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