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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. I’m sure regular visitors to this area could tell you more about how the winds and tides affect the migrating birds and when the breeders start to nest.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. A recent study of a multiyear, peer-reviewed research project, conducted in Texas, indicate dove hunters using shotshells loaded with lead pellets enjoy no advantage in effectiveness over those using shotshells firing non-toxic steel pellets of similar or slightly larger size.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

4 The Love Of Animals

This season Cesar will visit to Fort Hood, Texas, where he takes a handful of four-legged army brats back to boot camp. Just moments after they document a critical meeting between the suspect and a known dog breeder, a neighborhood “scout” marks their vehicle, forcing them to quickly flee the scene. Video: Busting Breeders.

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Flock to Marion

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This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

10,000 Birds

the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Riparian areas and springs can yield Lawrence’s Goldfinch , and Brown-crested Flycatcher is a local breeder. When one thinks of taking a birdcation somewhere in the U.S., That’s where everyone goes, and for good reason.

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On Bestiality

Animal Person

One good acquaintance I could probably call a friend is an ethics professor who flies back and forth from Texas to China frequently argued in a group pertaining to bestiality. People who are breeders use racks to allow a male animal mounting the female without damage. He was the only one against it for religious reasons.

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