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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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The Numbat is the animal emblem. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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Leucistic Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

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I briefly entertained the idea that I had found a rare species never before seen in New York but quickly came to my senses and realized that I was dealing with a leucistic individual. Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Searching for kiwi is unlike spotlighting that I’ve done while looking for nocturnal animals in the past. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. In addition to this kiwi are nocturnal.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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