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Glue Trapped

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Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. Here’s why. The Carolina Wren pictured above was caught in a Walmart in a trap set for rodents.

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Week two, we enter the USA

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The 9 th of February, This afternoon finds us in Bakersfield California, this time working on Plan C, as the trip took way longer crossing the mountains that I had figured. Mourning and Eurasian Collared Doves, House Finches and a couple of California Scrub Jays turned out to the bulk of what I could find. Might be a theme here!

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. So, the best way to find a leopard is to find the kill.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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By way of an example take the Western Gulls that I studied on the Farallon Islands in California. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. San Joaquin coffee.

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Collaborative list – September 2018

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There are a number of potential reasons for this, the most likely by far being that Pat has been batting for both teams for a couple of weeks. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). PN Volcán Irazú. 09 Feb 2018. San Joaquin coffee.

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