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The Eurasian Collared-Dove Explosion: Coming to a Town Near You!

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In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. Since its introduction, this dove has spread quickly across the North American continent. They often tend to displace native species, whether they be plant or animal.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort. Delivers devastating hydrostatic energy and shock to a game animal. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Pukka’s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs

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In Pukka’s Promise, Kerasote travels the dog world in Europe and throughout North America interviewing breeders, veterinarians, and leaders of the animal-welfare movement, and uses cutting-edge research to help dog owners rethink the everyday choices they make for their pets. We also get to hear stories about Pukka. “In

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Dawn Fine Mar 16th, 2011 at 9:58 am Kim~Please forgive me Jochen Mar 16th, 2011 at 11:33 am @Dale: It’s “Jochen the guy who is desperate for a trip to North America&#. Alpine Accentors, on the other hand, are not cooperative breeders and females typically have very little to do with each other. Davies et al.

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