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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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While photographing the Brown Bears in the Russian Far East, a friend of mine, Jovan “Lucky” Lakatos, was with Michio Hoshino, Japanese-born nature photographer specialized in Alaskan wildlife and experienced in how to behave facing this apex predator. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea.

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Montezuma Winery: Red Wing

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But in the mid-eighteenth century, the science of horticultural hybridization produced successful crosses of Vitis vinifera with native American grapes, resulting in hardier cultivars resistant to New World diseases but with more desirable qualities for winemaking.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s not like I had forgotten lists created with friends of ‘songs with birds in the lyrics’, my personal favorites being Sondheim’s Green Finch and Linnet Bird and the Beatles’ Blackbird. Nor have I overlooked “sightings” of birds in movies mouthing other birds’ calls. A few words about the back of the book material.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Merritt Island NWR–Black Point Wildlife Dr. 08 Jan 2017. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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