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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. I guess it is a bird though. Admittedly, it is mostly grey.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. People brought us a Brewer’s Blackbird nestling they’d fed hot dogs and spaghetti,” wrote Veronica Bowers. “He I mean, how could he know it was a merlin, but not know it didn’t eat bird seed?”.

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Vulture vs. Bunny

10,000 Birds

She had wanted one for a long time, but I was convinced I would end up taking care of it, plus there were carnivorous birds in my house. Momentarily disconcerted by the sight of our 120-pound dog, she quickly got over it; as soon as she figured out what a pacifist he was, she started charging at him. How long do rabbits live?”

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Kentucky’s Crane Hunt-It Ain’t Over…

10,000 Birds

It isn’t hard even for a simple bird painter to divine that Commissioner Gassett stands to gain financially from a crane hunt in Kentucky. No wonder his state office answering machine has a message on it expounding on the delicious meat of the sandhill crane. That dog don’t hunt. Or rather, he does.

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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

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While entering our double kayak I asked Andrew Hester, a local bird expert, if bilharzia is present in the shallows of the Ngotwane Dam, further down the river. On the other hand a croc might be tempted to grab a piece of meat that hangs low over the water and where do you think my paddle holding hand will be? Grey Heron 4.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. The domestic dog was once and still often is Canis familiaris as opposed to the wolf, Canis lupus , but the former which is really a subspecies of the latter is now Canis lupus familiaris.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. After publishing my stories I got emails from people all over the world who had seen similar behavior in various birds and mammals. Dogs Sniffing Out Disease. As we know, dogs have a keen sense of smell.

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