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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

What about the people around the world who are mesmerized by nesting birds, thanks to blogs and nest cams? What about people who are kind and decent and obey the law? Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game.

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Black Bear

Animal Person

A month or so ago I stated my intention to alter the way I blog and one thing I wanted to get back into that I did for a brief time last year was podcasting. During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

10,000 Birds

By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field. Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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My Loo List

10,000 Birds

He writes regularly for Australia’s own birding blog “ Bird-O.com &# and spends all his free time either looking for desert land snails or, you guessed it, birding. I had visited a pinewood site in search of the grandest of the caledonian game birds, the mighty Capercaillie. Here Mark shares the story of his Loo List.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

I’m an author, good character names are fair game) joined the family and something rather miraculous happened. My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Thank you for inviting me to guest blog on 4theloveofanimals.

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On Conditional Love

Animal Person

Yesterday I promised to write about "Conditional" over at Alec's Story , and again, if you haven't read the blog I highly recommend it. When off leash and permitted to do anything, Charles wants to play racing games. Charles wants us to be with him, and Violet simply wants to be. She'll let you know when she's finished.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

Somehow, I feel this post about the few pheasants I have seen in China has gotten off to a wrong start – not quite the kind of motivation to blog readers to continue reading this post. Just don’t bring up the topic during a dinner with your in-laws. Wait, does that remind me of anyone? Never mind. Examples: California.