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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The book includes lots of space for Notes. This means that it has some interesting features, which may or may not work in practice.

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Traveling with Your Pet

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Vacationing with your pet requires some advance planning to ensure a safe, happy trip. Although most pet owners plan ahead when thinking of the car ride portion of a journey, they may not consider what happens once the destination has been reached or travel stops for the night. Be sure to bring snacks and fresh water for your pet.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 3)

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” (quoted from Tim Low’s book “The Origin of Song”). If you live in Australia, do not even think of getting this bird as a pet, as “99.99% of these Galahs sold in Australian markets are trapped from the wild” (source). Beck’s “Loser” can be heard at low volume in the background).

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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

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” But I am not some crazy chicken-lover just trying to get respect for my pet rooster from birders. First of all, I don’t have a pet rooster. peer-reviewed journal, technical book), or after this evidence has been amassed by a Committee member or some other interested individual and reviewed by the Committee.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. He also wrote some books on Burma, one of which (“A Civil Servant in Burma”) Wikipedia calls a classic.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ). On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. There is (or was?)

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