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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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With two of North America’s major flyways, Mississippi and Central, overhead, and with almost 400 miles of coastline Louisiana is one of those states where you can see Eastern and Western birds and a hell of a lot of shorebirds and waterfowl. (The And there are the birds.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of September 2011?

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Alas, we’re also intimately acquainted with darker emotions; the lust in our hearts alone (for lifers and optics, naturally) exacts a heavy emotional toll. Instead, I envy the excitement brewing just one Great Lake away. Oh, and Corey will be there too! Aren’t you jealous too?

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

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Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans.

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Swamp Angel

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Amy Clampitt in “A Hermit Thrush” Not only are their songs of superior quality, but the setting of beautiful parks, clear lakes, and sparkling streams combine with the music to give it an emotional quality that could not prevail under more prosaic surroundings. Surely then, if ever, one listens to the music of the stars.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

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It was bit of a traumatic experience for me and I vowed to never own an animal again. According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America , more than 15 % of the U.S. When I was 12-years-old, my 6 pound Chihuahua was involved in a tragic fatal accident. About 15 years later I finally began to have a change of heart.

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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In Better Living Through Birding , Chris tells us stories of his life, a very unique life, but he also crafts his experiences so we can relate to them as birders and as people. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. And, as he did a decade ago, the joys and benefits of birding.

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Sniping: The Final Frontier?

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During these months every Wilson’s Snipe would be busy with breeding in northern North America. It toyed with my emotions for many minutes before it eventually flew off. In fact, there are no recorded sightings of any snipes on Tobago between May – July. On Trinidad it took me some more time until I saw my first snipe.

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