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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese

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While I harbor mixed feelings about zoos in general, this facility seems to make the best effort possible to keep animals in interesting enclosures, move them to different areas of the zoo to maintain novel surroundings, and invest money and space into a 30 acre mixed species enclosure, where the animals can move freely.

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Can’t go birding? Knit them yourself!

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” Until I can get back into the swing of birding, I’ll content myself with working through her patterns, starting with the cockatiel, then the Blue Footed Booby, and then the Canada Goose she is currently designing for this year’s Project Peace. Stay tuned to my knitting account to see the finished products.

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Easy Chicken Dog Cookies

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Storing treats in an airtight container or vacuum-sealed bag preserves them for much longer and better maintains nutrient content. 23 Pet/animal theme cookie cutters. This is open to those in the USA and Canada, and there are multiple ways to get entries too. Use pet-theme cookie cutters for gifts, fundraising or sale!

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Tips to Keep Your Dog Safe During the “Dog Days of Summer”

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Espree Animal Products encourages pet owners to take the following precautions to ensure the safety of their dogs this summer: Dogs, like people, should not be out in the heat of the day without proper shade and adequate water. Espree’s products are distinguished by their contents – natural and organic ingredients that are gentle and safe.

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Noxious: Montana’s Battle With Spotted Knapweed, and What Birders Can Do

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Spotted knapweed arrived in Montana in the 1920s, most likely in a batch of alfalfa seed or perhaps on the creep down from western Canada, where it may have come ashore in the ballast of ships. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. So, a big no on knapweed. But what has this to do with birders?

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. The following decades continued the great expansion, and it was recorded breeding in Canada in 1962 and Chile by 1970. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

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Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. If you are one of those 58.2

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