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Water, Water, Everywhere

10,000 Birds

It turned out to be an inspired choice, because my usual style of birding — parking at a trailhead and walking kilometers away from both my car and most other forms of shelter — would indeed have been disastrous. Instead, I was able to stick close to my car, taking shelter in it when necessary, and still see lots of birds.

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Collective Arts: Stranger than Fiction

10,000 Birds

And even with that, it’s difficult for all of us – whether we’re quarantining, sheltering in place, or just hunkering down – to escape the strange, oppressive monotony of our new day-to-day lives. For one thing, all this social distancing can make each day feel “like déjà vu all over again”, as a famous ball player once put it.

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The long and winding road

10,000 Birds

Nests are usually made in a sheltered cleft in rocks. Five nestlings crowd this nest, well back in a cleft in the rocks, sheltered and hidden. Birds Africa Arctic Canada migration Northern Wheatear' The male takes flight showing off that white rump that helps identify it, even from a distance. . Both sexes feed the young.

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Huge Dog Seizure at Quebec Kennel

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"We have a lot of puppies here and a lot more puppies coming," said Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International Canada. about 90 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, during the weekend seizure, which was carried out by Humane Society International Canada, Quebec's agriculture and fisheries ministry and area police.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Falcon Thief is the sometimes exciting, sometimes horrifying story of Jeffrey Lendrum, an African-born adventurer who has been arrested multiple times for raptor egg and chick poaching and smuggling in southern Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. ” [loc.3014, 3014, Kindle ed.]

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Canada’s Naughtiest Dog contest

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Readers in Canada, this is for you! Bark Busters , the world’s largest dog training company, announced today its search for Canada’s Naughtiest Dog. It’s unnecessary for dog owners to live with and be frustrated by their dog’s poor behaviour,” says Jeff Cooke, President, Bark Busters Canada. Do you have the naughtiest dog?

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Night Herons

10,000 Birds

We had been at sea for 5 days and 5 nights, over 100 miles off shore, sailing non-stop from the USA-Canada border to San Francisco. We encountered a vicious storm, that convinced us the take a break, find some shelter, and head into Eureka, California. One of these is my very first Black-crowned Night Heron.