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Are there so many birds that cats don’t matter?

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Statue “Phillis Wheatley” by Meredith Bergmann, in Boston. In short, the answer is that in the United States there are 20 billion birds at the end of the breeding and fledging season, which gets winnowed down to 10 billion by the following early spring. Makes you think. I used to be a very active archaeologist.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

I should have known that birding High Island meant I would be 20 minutes away from a place where hundreds of thousands of shorebirds and waterbirds rest, feed, breed, and generally have a good time. As a talked to a couple from Boston, new to birding, I spotted a Clapper Rail walking close behind us. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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Lost Souls: Found!

4 The Love Of Animals

Each book is breed specific, sharing stories of those who love the breed and have adopted dogs through rescue. Not only that, but a portion of the book profits are donate to a breed specific rescue group. We got the chance to check out the Boston Terriers edition! is a great series of books about adopted/rescued dogs.

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Handbags are a Dog’s Best Friend

4 The Love Of Animals

Tails are sure to wag on Friday, June 12t h as Luna Boston hosts “Doggies + Bags,” a special benefit party for the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS). From 4-7pm, Bostonians are welcome to bring their pooches by Luna Boston’s boutique at 205 Newbury St.

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California’s Autumn Seas

10,000 Birds

Come September most of the summer seabird people had left, but there were a small number of seabirds still breeding and so I stayed behind for three years to continue their monitoring and do the migrant landbird surveys, as well as the Great White Shark surveys. The island is a migrant trap supreme, but it is quieter in early September.

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Rats Taking Over from Mice in Labs

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Therefore, this Boston Globe article saddens me on both levels. Morse, corporate vice president for research model services at Charles River Laboratories, a Wilmington company that started by breeding lab rats in 1947 and has become a major supplier of rodents for research.

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Siberian Husky Voted Top Dog in Pets-idential Election

4 The Love Of Animals

Canine Cabinet Posts Filled by a Melting Pot of Breeds from across the U.S. Nubby Day, a Boston terrier from Matthews, NC, as Director of Pet Pampering. November 1, 2012, Norwalk CT – National pet services company Best Friends Pet Care has announced the winners of its 2013 Pets-idential Election for Canine in Chief and Canine Cabinet.

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