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Jumping out of my “Beat” today

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In addition to the Grizzly Bears , I was able to photograph Woodland Buffalo , squirrels, deer, Red Fox , and even a herd of Yaks. While I was actually photographing a herd of buffalo, this Merlin buzzed my head several times. Fox Sparrow. The number one bird on my list was the iconic Horned Puffin. Savanah Sparrow.

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Nature’s Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess, by Christie Palmer Lowrance

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When I was a preschooler, I wasn’t allowed to watch much television, but I did get a double-dose of public programming — the PBS station out of Buffalo and the CBC beaming across the border from Ontario both showed a lot of material that met with my mother’s approval and my own.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Photo by Paul Huber. Photos courtesy of iStock.

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Should is not a Solution

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Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. In exchange for a handful of wildebeest, oryx, impala, buffalo and kudu, not to mention the occasional lion, enormous areas of wilderness and all the species they contain are set aside and protected. A hungry child should be fed. And embattled minority should be protected.

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Collaborative List – October 2019

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Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Brown Creeper – Certhia americana. Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR. 24 Oct 2019. Pine Siskin – Spinus pinus. Nisqually NWR–Twin Barns Loop. 24 Oct 2019. Nisqually NWR–Twin Barns Loop. 24 Oct 2019. Petroport N12 Witbank.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Chestnut-capped Brushfinch – Arremon brunneinucha. Catarata del Toro. 02 Feb 2016. Sooty-faced Finch – Arremon crassirostris. Catarata del Toro. 02 Feb 2016. Forest Park. 16 Jan 2016. Dark-eyed Junco – Junco hyemalis.

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