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What is the National Bird of Aruba?

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As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012. Though not based on the Aruba populations, the movie portrayed a group of friends from Florida trying to save Burrowing Owl habitat from destruction.

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Write a Post, Help a Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

I’m excited to share the Pedigree Write a Post, Help a Dog campaign! And you can help simply by writing a blog post before June 30, 2012 (midnight EST). Food will be donated to RescueBank , an organization that helps provide food for qualifying shelters and rescue groups. TONS of food to help feed shelter dogs.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. Off to listen to some Rana sylvatica in the woods.

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