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Bird Banding the Dry Tortugas

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She has contributed many pieces to 10,000 Birds and writes about her birding adventures on her blog, newbirder.tumblr.com. Of the ten students, two had gone on the trip the year before and one had experience with the Sooty Terns, meaning 30% of us knew what we were doing, and 70% had zero idea. Oh, the lessons of bird banding.

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

Hi, I’m Debra Stang , author of Hospice Tails and guest writer for today’s blog. Hospice Tails is a series of true stories about my experiences with pets and patients as a hospice social worker. The thin, spider-web scars on her knuckles spoke to intimate experience with hand-to-hand combat. I swore and jumped back.

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German Birding Blitz

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Once on our own, Jess and I decided to try a fun experiment. After the castle we wound our way through the Black Forest where we were able to watch a pair of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers foraged a few feet in front of us. A great trip, made even better from the tips Jochen, and this blog, gave me.

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I Get Back

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My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). But time, apparently, heals all wounds, and this August I went back to discover that while Pino Real may never again be what it once was, it is still good.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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This blog is written by writer, photographer, and animal advocate Ingrid Taylar. They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. If the experience of handing over that box can be transformative instead of alienating or shaming, there’s a possibility of change.

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