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Birding from a Hide

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When such a company runs a nature reserve, it is a bit like having a fox to watch over your chickens. After that experience, I stopped complaining about their hides, realising that they are as good as they ever will be. The hide overlooking the breeding colony of Red-footed Falcons. They got the message right. And so did I.

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How The Bird Got Its Beak

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The second thing they did was to interfere with the genetic pathways in some chickens, which produced a chicken with beaky bits that were more like snouty bits found in, for example, a Alligator. The chickens were done in before hatching. The chickens were done in before hatching. Here’s the thing.

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On The Respectful Emperor

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Not the day, the film, where Bill Murray experiences the same day over and over again. Yesterday I saw what could be the next such attempt in The Atlantic's " Last Clucks: The Death of a Chicken ," by Sara Lipka. the chicken waited with me, its head sticking through a gap in the top of the box. It was funny, maybe even cute."

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Specialties Above Thin Air!

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These small chickens are mountain-top specialities. In the summer, they can be found in their transitional breeding plumage (shades of gray and brown) all over the tundra feeding on localized forbs and willow plants. This bird breeds in shrubby desertlands and is most notable for their active behavior.

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Sowing the Seeds of Veganism

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Parlay greyhounds aren't for entertainment to they're not for eating to chickens aren't for eating either (this one takes a couple of minutes + a willing receiver). Parlay greyhounds aren't for entertainment to they're not for experimenting on to neither are mice (again, takes a minute, but I've done it).

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Your Best Birds of the Year for 2012

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Burrowing Owl Tai Haku liked Mike’s choice of a chicken in our original post but decided to do him one better. I have chronicled the experience on my blog. This past June I was invited along by the Edmonton Nature Club on a field trip to a Piping Plover breeding site. My best bird of the year has to be the Piping Plover.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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Though admittedly, I only show this photo to quote the line of a Gary Larson cartoon : “The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.” And for the last time this year: the Blue-and-white Flycatcher. Not this one though.

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