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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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However, the lockdown forces me to go deeper and deeper into my photo collection, if I want to write anything at all. On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. would be cats for me, but you get the general idea).

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Nitin hopes to enlarge his collection of photos of Tigers. In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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You’re Not Helping

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The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. God, we’re a selfish bunch, aren’t we?”

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What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?

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He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. I also like that 200-cĂłrdoba note, if every country had a note like that then I would cenrtantly collect them all! Wicked, right? 6 Responses to “What is the National Bird of Nicaragua?&# Nice post Corey!

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The Bluebird by John Burroughs

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Hearing and seeing a bluebird bring to his mind the process of tapping trees and boiling the sap collected down to syrup. … *From his essay, also called “The Bluebird&# that appeared in his famous collection of nature essays, Wake-Robin. Wicked, right? Get yours today! The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Bufflehead in Flight

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If you liked this post featuring Bufflehead images why not check out 10,000 Clicks , our collection of photo-galleries? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Wicked, right? There is something for everyone at 10,000 Clicks ! Get yours today!

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