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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

10,000 Birds

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?

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Disaster Preparedness Plan May Save Your Pet’s Life

4 The Love Of Animals

Doggy bags (can also be used for cat litter clean-up). Make sure you ask if they have any limitations on the number, size, species or breeds they allow. Some dog breeds (e.g. - Pet toy. - Pet blanket. Cloth towel. Basic roll of bandaging material. - All-purpose nail clipper. Flashlight with batteries. Disposable latex Gloves.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

10,000 Birds

Here local hunters who had known about the colony and for generations had been harvesting the birds by simply picking the adults off their nests during the breeding season. Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon. They also occur in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

10,000 Birds

Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. There were several there, plus Lesser Adjutants.

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Manx Shearwaters

10,000 Birds

Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape. Shearwater remains litter the island with the carcasses picked clean, leaving just the wings, breastbone and girdle. The shearwaters make good subjects for homing experiments.