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A Near Conjunction

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Alas, he was gone before I had a chance to lift my camera. Here, a considerable amount of the forest has been removed for the first hundred or two metres into the road, including several fruit-bearing trees that used to attract a myriad of higher altitude specialists. No photograph as yours truly was busy with a bowl of cereal.

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To Drill, or Not to Drill? That’s the Wrong Question.

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The Bears Ears National Monument (a protected public lands designation given to sitting presidents under the Antiquities Act) recently lost 1.1 But, alas, I’d have colored practically the whole letter. Bears Ears National Monument ACTION. Horned Lark. Photo by © Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren. © The White House.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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Alongside 170 birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx , Brown Bear and Grey Wolf ! Alas, I am not among them. Even among the protected areas of Serbia, Djerdap National Park stands out as better preserved than most. The Southwest. Paljuvi Dam.

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. Birds included common species such as Black Drongos , Jungle Babblers and a Hoopoe.

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Rosefinches, Griffons and Woodcocks

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Alas, I am not among them. Eurasian Griffon Vultures are flying towards the restaurant (occasionally visited by Brown Bear , too). Cinereous Vulture and Eurasian Griffons at Uvac vulture restaurant (c) Sasa Preradovic.

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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

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With traits allegedly unique to humans running out, philosophers and scientists claimed that only humans have minds complex enough to allow a sense of self-consciousness or self-identity, but, alas, chimpanzees and other animals demonstrated significant degrees of self-consciousness too. Why can we talk?

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Birds of the Northern Forest – An homage

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Ever since I was a kid I wanted to learn how to draw, but alas I never made it past the stickman. Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. More precisely I wanted to learn how to draw wildlife. I guess it’s a gift you either have or you don’t.

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