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Hawking for Nighthawks

10,000 Birds

The cows and their entourage of Cattle Egrets sloshed through the pastures, each time they moved we lurched forward hoping to see a disturbed Grey-breasted Crake hop into view – but alas, no such luck even though we were hearing the little skulkers consistently. Common Waxbills.

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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control

Animal Person

But alas, we' re too important and special to "manage," and every human pregnancy is treated as a sacred, blessed event, while we kill the kittens inside pregnant feral cats every day without batting an eyelash, and in fact we're relieved when we can catch one who's pregnant, as that's x number of cats who don't have to come into this world.

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Charles Comes Home!

Animal Person

Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. I've been a bit preoccupied with a couple of stranger-than-fiction situations that recently caused me to tweet "Sometimes I wish there were a god so I'd have someone to blame." One situation was that Charles, who will turn six on June 3, has been lame for nearly six months. So there you have it.

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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology

Animal Person

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. Humanized' mice speak volumes (scienceblog.com).

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Creature Update

Animal Person

But alas, the supply has dwindled. Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. Also, I check her blood glucose level at least once a day, so I always have a good idea of what's going on with her. For these reasons, my vet had no problem with me stockpiling Vetsulin. And sometimes, despite what we do, we can't fix everything.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011)

10,000 Birds

Alas, for some inexplicable reason, the manky mallards that hand around the boat ramp weren’t around when, for once, I was looking forward to seeing them. Long-tailed Duck by Mike Bergin Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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