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“Oh, Bittersweet Canada” – Distillerie Mariana: Avril Amaretto Québécois

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“Oh, sweet Canada, Canada, Canada” is perhaps the best-best known of birdsong mnemonics in North America, familiar to birders as an aid to remembering the voice of the White-throated Sparrow ( Zonotrichia albicollis ). Canada is a pretty sweet place – and not just because of all that maple syrup its vast forests produce.

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Aniweb Roundup 9/26/10

4 The Love Of Animals

Pet Care has a super fun contest going on right now called How Far Would You Go For Your Pet ? Pet owners are encouraged to get creative and post videos, photos or short descriptions that illustrate how far they have – and will – go for their beloved pets. Posts much include pets and their owners. Do cats grieve ?

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers.

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Thank a lemming

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They breed up here, and spend their winters (usually) in the lower reaches of the Arctic and near polynyas (year round ice free waters) such as the North Water Polynya between Ellesmere Island and Groenland. They are able to breed at the age of 5-6 weeks so it is easy to see, given the right conditions how quickly their population can grow.

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