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Black-backed Woodpeckers and Forest Fires in California and the West

10,000 Birds

References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 Center for Biological Diversity , 3 Bond, M. Justin Augustine and Chad Hanson, Ph.D. I’ll leave you with this video by the US Forest Service that sums up the situation pretty well, plus it starts out with a Black-backed Woodpecker nestling that is really cool. Siegel and, D.

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Mad over Maltese

4 The Love Of Animals

Best friend and protective- pampering parent, you will have to switch roles and shift gears with these sprightly creatures before blinking an eyelid. So every time I take my Chad for a walk, (Chad is my tiny rockstar, my Maltese by the way) I get dozens of ‘awwws’ and ‘oohs’ and “Oh my God!

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