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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

10,000 Birds

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius.

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Purple Gallinule Photo Gallery

10,000 Birds

Such is the burden that a digiscoping bird blogger bears when he visits the Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, Florida in January. Most of them are year-round residents though much of the population in the United States – with the exception of south Florida birds – migrate south for the winter.

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High Noon Birding in the Mountains of Los Angeles

10,000 Birds

Of course, that all went out the window once we started seeing birds, but I think we all came out unscathed. Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash. Still, the fact that California is currently experiencing a serious drought was cause for concern.

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On Ducks and Geese

Animal Person

Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course. It wasn't much--clusters of mushroom-like townhouses that are ubiquitous in Florida--but it was on a lake. It wasn't much--clusters of mushroom-like townhouses that are ubiquitous in Florida--but it was on a lake. This is Girlie Girl. And a dead end.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." Or an animal that could use the aid of human intervention, such as the Florida panther, which has benefited from the culverts built to help it safely cross highways (221).

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Collaborative List – October 2019

10,000 Birds

Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Airport Golf Course, Ajo, Arizona, US (32.452, -112.85). Bear Grass Tank.

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

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Am I willing to give up the field guide which bears the mud and dirt of so many falls on so many birding trips? At the same time, care has been taken to eliminate exotics no longer a presence, such as several of south Florida’s parrots. This means that loons are no longer first!