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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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Fancy Feasts (For Fabulous Floors)

4 The Love Of Animals

And because I adopted him as a 6-week-old kitten when I was 15 and he turns 17 in 2014, I have lived with him longer than I lived without him. Take your stencil brush and dip it into the paint to load up the tip. For each of the top corners, I stenciled a little flourish that actually reminded me of cat tails!

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella. The proposal from U.S.

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Orange-headed Thrush

10,000 Birds

The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Hat-tip to Stella. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Of the Central Flyway states, Nebraska alone holds out in protecting the cranes, having proven by its longstanding Festival of the Cranes in Kearney that a crane is worth infinitely more alive and purring in the sky with its family than thudding, broken and bleeding, into a cornfield. Hat-tip to Stella. The proposal from U.S.

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Cool Summer Tips for Your Pet

4 The Love Of Animals

I’d always wanted a dog, and we had talked about adopting one for a while. After taking the time to read up on proper pet care and soliciting advice and tips from my dog-loving friends, I slowly began to feel comfortable taking care of Trevor as the long weekend progressed. Protect them from the sun.

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