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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

10,000 Birds

A narrow forest road takes us to the chain blocking the entrance, with a sign “Area closed – bear danger”. This feeding station is not here for the tourists: in order to lower the bee-hive raiding (even the Serbian word for a bear, medved, comes from the word honey – med), supplementary feeding was offered to local bears for several decades.

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Have You Considered Keeping Goats as Pets?

4 The Love Of Animals

Have you considered keeping goats as pets? If you want a slightly unusual pet that has lots of personality and can also be petted, consider keeping a couple of goats. If you want a slightly unusual pet that has lots of personality and can also be petted, consider keeping a couple of goats.

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The Wood-Warblers Are Back In New York City!

10,000 Birds

This past weekend the listservs, Facebook, text services, Twitter, word-of-mouth, weather radar, the calendar, and the entrails of a sacrificial goat all indicated that migration was happening. The decision about where to hike had nothing to do with the Cerulean Warblers that are found breeding at Doodletown. And was it ever!