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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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India, February 2013. We are observing a Dhole , also called Asiatic or Indian Wild Dog. A hundred metres down the track, several more Dholes await us, totalling eleven dogs. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g.

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Returning to Old Haunts

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When I was first learning to bird in the summer of 2013, I spent a summer living with my fiance in Virginia Beach. Exploring the trail, keeping the dog safely on a leash. Little seemed to have changed, other than a brand new LEED-certified environmental center that had been built near the terminus of the protected area.

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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Even though a 2013 petition by the Royal Society of Protection of Birds failed to convince the Scottish parliament to make it official, the campaign to make the Golden Eagle Scotland’s national bird continues.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

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February 2013. The tropical dry deciduous jungle, or “jungle”, however you see it, covers almost 90% of 600 km2 (230 mi2) of this protected area. In front of us, in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve one wild Grey Junglefowl runs across the road. It is one of the ancestors of domestic fowl. Good to know.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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Since this was written in 2013, “the Forest Owlet population was in 2015 estimated by Birdlife International at less than 250. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations. Nagzira Tiger Reserve: the Indian Wild Dog.

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The Rose Parade 2013

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Seuss story “Oh the Places You’ll Go” There will also be a very special float honoring military dogs and our pal Tillman became an honorary military dog and will be riding on the float! We can’t wait to see this special float honoring the working dogs that protect and keep our troops (and us) safe.

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