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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

At the same time, reading When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers, set me wondering about viewers’ reactions, especially New Yorkers who have never seen an owl outside of a zoo or a picture book. When Birds Are Near: Dispatches from Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers.

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The Art of Bird Camp

10,000 Birds

Puffins growl like chainsaws, and one in Britain was seen carrying 62 fish in her beak. One morning I skipped a trip to Damariscotta in order to go bird banding with the teens, who chatted animatedly as we trouped into the woods with mist nets and bags of equipment. Fueled by Sue’s enthusiasm, our group crowded around excitedly but silently.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

They are all wonderful people and they are all animal lovers. But I’ve learned we love animals in very different ways. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods. Are we going to put out food for coyotes?