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UC Davis Named in Criminal Complaint for Mistreatment of Lab Animals

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The University of California, Davis is the focus of a major federal complaint charging it and two other nationally known university research centers have killed dozens of primates through traumatic injuries, veterinary negligence and other violations. From the Los Angeles Chronicle. A protest will be held today at the UCD Quad (1 Shields Ave.),

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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But if we want to continue to throw a monkey-wrench into this all too cut and dried scenario, there’s also the fact that the Old World vultures had a foothold in North America up until the Neogene about 2.5 We’ll take these two similar, yet very different groups of birds separately. millions years ago. New World Vultures.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

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Last year, beginning about Halloween, thousands of juvenile auklets started washing ashore dead from California’s Farallon Islands to Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) off central British Columbia. That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research.

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Petrel Paradise

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Birders who have been to California might be familiar with the latter two, indeed we would be close to the Poor Knights Islands later in the day, the site of the only breeding colony of Buller’s Shearwaters in the whole world. The first to cruise past in a hurry were the stunning Cook’s Petrels.

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Tiritiri Matangi Island

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Most of the tourists, of which there are quite a few, opt to go on the tours provided by the Supporters, so by walking away quickly from the slowly coalescing groups we were able to lose the crowds quickly. You start hearing and catching glimpses of birds as soon as you land, particularly the fast moving Tui.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Monkey Mia. Monkey Mia. California Quail – Callipepla californica. Monkey Mia. California Gull – Larus californicus. Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui. casa botania. 20 Jan 2017. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus.

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