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Birding – While Camping – North Lake State Park, Greene County, New York

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This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. Here a fledgling Chipping Sparrow , which is one of those confusing, streaky, brown birds, gets stuffed by an adult.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Unlike older birds, ducklings (young ducks) and goslings (young geese) do not have waterproofing on their feathers. Adequate shelter from wind, rain and heat should also be provided for all ducks and geese.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Unlike older birds, ducklings (young ducks) and goslings (young geese) do not have waterproofing on their feathers. Adequate shelter from wind, rain and heat should also be provided for all ducks and geese.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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Birders know that the pairing of farms and birds represents more than mere bucolic romance – it’s a match borne out of a real avian dependence on these man-made landscapes. Note the two birds flying over the wheatfield on the lefthand side. By the early twentieth century, however, saison was sliding into obscurity.

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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Hundreds of burned, stressed and dehydrated animals — including kangaroos, koalas, lizards and birds — have already arrived at shelters across the scorched region. "There's no doubt across that scale of landscape and given the intensity of the fires, millions of animals would have been killed," he said.

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“Christmas in June” – Brasserie au Baron: Saint-Médard Cuvée de Noël

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His hagiography describes an incident in which, as a child, he is said to have been miraculously sheltered from a rainstorm by an eagle hovering over him with outstretched wings. Good birding and happy drinking! The post “Christmas in June” – Brasserie au Baron: Saint-Médard Cuvée de Noël appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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