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Happy New Year?

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There are also certain psychological advantages. Most of the birders in the audience for this blog, and certainly those who record their year lists here , use the Gregorian calendar. It is common and widely recognized and for those very reasons, to most of us it just feels right.

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

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I purchased my first Sibley— The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America —in 2003. “Psychological Effects and Mistakes” is an interesting addition, talking about how expectations may color our perceptions and the importance of being aware of the potential for bias and error. I have a lot. inches.

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How Pets Can Improve Your Health

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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. Below, Paul Mann, Founder and CEO of FETCH!

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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And, then there are the pick-up-dead-birds initiatives in major cities in North America–New York City’s Project Safe Flight, Chicago’s Chicago Bird Collision Monitors, Toronto’s Bird Collision Monitoring Patrols, Washington, D.C.’s ’s Lights Out DC, to name a few. It’s not a bad idea.

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Lost Souls: Found!

4 The Love Of Animals

When Mid-America Boston Terrier Rescue took him into their care he was in horrible shape. He was adopted out, but then quickly returned due to his poor psychological state. In 2008, two-year-old Bill was released from a puppy mill breeder and put out to auction after spending the first two years of his life sitting in a cage.

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The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors – A Book Review

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I’m not going to try to explain why people are fascinated by hawks; human-to-avian psychology is not my specialty. Add to that Liguori’s earlier Hawks From Every Angle (2005), the entry from the Peterson Field Guide series, Hawks of North America, second edition , by William S. It’s a Bald Eagle, a hawk. Clark and Brian K.