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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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In the non-breeding season, male Baya Weavers sometimes enter the basket-making trade, often with considerable success. Meanwhile, the females seem to have a much more relaxing life, at least in this early stage of the breeding season. You can see why here. My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets. The dangers of being a geologist.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. At several points in recent history, Kirtland’s Warbler appeared to be on the verge of extinction.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. Breeding and wintering locations of Common Loons in western Maine (Rangeley and Moosehead Lakes region), USA, that received PTTs in 2011 and 2012.*.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Do you really need to have Kai’s birding experience further detailed not just by month but a level below? If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. Yes, you do, trust me. Sometimes it works.

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