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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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Parental Investment Theory

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In songbirds, by contrast, both the male and female can contribute equally to the very important job of incubating and protecting the egg. In Elk and other deer, to varying degrees and depending on species, males grow antlers that seem to demonstrate their qualities as potential mates. All the nurturing has to come from mom.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers.

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

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He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. Burroughs says what he means and you can tell that he really means it. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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Half Hardy

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The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. They are, for many birders in the eastern part of the continent, one of a short list of quintessential spring birds. Wicked, right?

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

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If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. This is it, it’s called safflower seed. There is technique in offering this seed. They are creatures of habit and do not accept a drastic change in seed. You can do one of 2 things: 1. The proposal from U.S.

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