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Storm Damage and Birds

10,000 Birds

I hid behind my futon while my pet rabbit Dougal peered up at my from beneath it. I biked past willows where I knew Baltimore Orioles had been nesting and heard young still begging in the branches. . “I should maybe step away from my window,” I thought. This one didn’t stop. And rain flooded my neighborhood.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Sandy Asirvatham Baltimore, Md., It’s not the feline lack of musical discernment that I found disturbing (I don’t “get” Schubert’s symphonies either), but rather that Mr. Steiner owns a pet. Whose lot could that possibly help?

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula. The fiddly nature of such a list makes it very difficult to say who has made the biggest contribution so far, but we can acknowledge merit where it is due on a monthly basis. It simple Beats, really it is. 22 Jan 2016.

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