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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

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). To Nitin, this was a recce trip for his new wildlife photography tours enterprise.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Further reading: Central and European Wildlife by Gerard Gorman (Bradt Travel Guides).

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

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It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. And one roe deer fawn.

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

10,000 Birds

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Burroughs says what he means and you can tell that he really means it.

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Half Hardy

10,000 Birds

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. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

10,000 Birds

If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. This is it, it’s called safflower seed. There is technique in offering this seed. The proposal from U.S.

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