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BISSELL MVP Pet Photo Contest

4 The Love Of Animals

To help pet parents garner votes for their photogenic pets, BISSELL created a series of custom widgets that can be uploaded to blogs and social networks such as Facebook, helping to win votes and the hearts of the pet’s family and friends. Thanks to Tara and Norman, they now have an additional four paws to assist them!

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

10,000 Birds

of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors. The poor bird’s Latin species name is macgrigoriae , apparently (HBW) named after Jane Grant McGrigor, the daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) Director Gen.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped.

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