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Enjoying the Orange Peril

10,000 Birds

Prize-winner: my shot of a Wryneck , digiscoped in a Polish orchard I seldom enter photographic competitions, but for many years the magazine British Birds held an annual photography competition. I got my sharpest results by never using the zoom on the camera, only on the scope. Dalmatian pelicans : digiscoping flying birds is a challenge.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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Even the fact that his byline originally read “Ted Williams is editor-at-large for Audubon magazine” does not seem like it would be much of an issue, especially as it was subsequently revised to read “Ted Williams writes an independent column for Audubon magazine.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

She’s reared abandoned baby buffalo, dik-diks, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and black rhinos, among others, but no creature has beguiled her more than elephants. The above excerpt is from the September issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands now. To read the full article please visit the National Geographic website.

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

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This post, however, is about his poetry, or, rather, one of his poems, “The Bluebird,&# which was first published in Harper’s Magazine in June of 1903. 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.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. And outside of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a dog rescued an abandoned baby by placing him safely among her own newborn puppies. An animal control officer said it was clear the dog was trying to defend the woman, whom he didn’t know.

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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. She’s a professional speaker and story-teller and her writing can be found in several publications including WildBird Magazine, Outdoor News, and Birding Business. This is it, it’s called safflower seed.

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Review: Sasol eBirds of Southern Africa

10,000 Birds

It can’t have escaped your knowledge that knowledge powered by electricity is all the rage now, being as you’re currently reading a website that once upon a time would have been a magazine (and provided us with actual jobs). Quite a lot had happened in the time between my first visit to the region and my last trip.

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