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Purina Cat Chow Shelter Volunteer of the Year

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We are excited to congratulate the Purina Cat Chow “Shelter Volunteer of the Year”, Liz Taranda! Purina Cat Chow ran a contest in 2015 to honor shelter volunteers as part of the “Building Better Lives” program.

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A kestrel in the rain

10,000 Birds

Martin spent his working life in primary education, was formerly a trustee of Kent Wildlife Trust, and as a keen wildlife photographer, completed a Masters’s degree in photography in 2015. This was not just any rain but the kind that sweeps across a landscape nearly horizontally, driving all in its path, birds and men, to take shelter.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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June 9, 2015 – It’s deja vu all over again. It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The latest press release from the USFWS.

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Wolfe Creek Crater birding

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No doubt some years there would still be water remaining at the end of June, but not in 2015. Wallabies were still digging in the salty ground and there was shade and shelter for them inside the crater. It was still damp and salty in some areas and had only recently dried up. Salt patch in the crater with recent digging.

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Winter in Albert Park, Melbourne

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When we spent a few weeks in Melbourne in the summer of 2015, which was February, I would often walk to Albert Park. The distance around the lake is approximately five kilometres and there are limited places to shelter if a storm approaches fast. Some of the sheltered areas were being used by the Chestnut Teal as a roost.

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