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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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It was more than 50 years before I was to see another lynx, not in the Doñana, but in the Sierra Morena mountains to the north, which is now the best place to see these handsome cats in the wild. A Greek Wild Cat , photographed near Lake Kerkini I’ve had a few encounters with wild cats, too, in both France and Greece.

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A First Christmas Bird Count Experience

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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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Young Thrushes

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The scolding alarm call of the Spectacled Thrush for example is something that I grew extremely tired of – the birds would sit on our window and glare at our indoor cat and yell (what I presume to be some form of obscene insult) at him. This gave us several chances to experience them at various stages of growth.

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Pet-Friendly Travel Tips

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Pet-Friendly Travel Tips. VCA veterinarian and pet health expert Dr. Donna Spector recommends keeping the following tips in mind: Make Proper Travel Arrangements – If you are flying, make sure to reserve a space with the airline. Written by VCA Animal Hospitals and Dr. Donna Spector, DVM, DACVIM. June 16, 2011.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Though in terms of aesthetics, their nests are not much to look at – a paper (in Thai, but with an English summary) describes the nest as “a bulky, untidy ball hanging from the tip of a branch of stick with an average height of 1.39 My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets. Makes them look a bit like Olympic flag-bearers.

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Flock to Marion

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After securing our passage, I patiently waited for this once-in-a-lifetime experience to a place we have never been and lacked any knowledge of, we were in for a complete surprise. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked. Regardless, we made it Marion and all else added to the experience.

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Cry “Havoc!” or a Birding Movie before the Birding Movie

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Can you remember any birding movie before Schrodinger’s Cat? What made the story better (and a worse experience for him) was the fact that the cops had seen the Dogs of War. Out of all those truly magnificent African birds, he asks for something that lives mostly in Eurasia, but also Australia and the very southern tip of Africa.

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