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Cats, dogs and a financially exhausted family.

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Hi, we've had two dogs (Teddy and Brandy) since 2015 who are just the cutest but on a sunny day as per his walking routine in 2018 Ted went off his leash and ran to a small kitten he found in the park who kept crying for her mother and just wouldn't leave her side. Anything as long as it helps me keep my fur babies.

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Birding the Drakensberg, South Africa

10,000 Birds

One in November 2018 included a one-day birding trip in the Drakensberg area, a mountain range in the border area between South Africa and Lesotho. I was vaguely curious about the family name mousebird. One being that the name is based on the bird’s soft feathers with a texture similar to a mouse’s fur.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Each fly has a name and a ‘recipe’ to follow for its creation, a complicated procedure utilizing a hook, sometimes fur, sometimes wool, but always brightly colored feathers from rare birds. Viking, April 2018. Kelson, published in 1895. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century.