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Soup kitchen for pets

4 The Love Of Animals

Germany has been one of Europe’s strong economies, but things are changing for everyone. Claudia Hollm saw a TV show about a family who had to relinquish their dog because of economic hardship. She says if her cats die then she too has no reason to live. The cats are her children and they are keeping her alive.”.

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The Black Death

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It sheltered him, it haunted him, and it set his thoughts adrift, to the warmth of spring and the family he had. He was a careful and vigilant bird, traits that had saved him from the hawks and the cats on so many occasions while those around him had perished over the years. The darkness was all around him. All were long gone.

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Birding Fuzhou National Forest Park

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If I understand my cats correctly, the females taste of lemon while the males taste of orange. Large Woodshrikes are neither members of the shrike family, nor large (MacKinnon: “smallish grey and white”), nor made of wood. It is not the same for the Scarlet Minivet. I have not verified this myself though. 0 out of 3.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow. Germany had lost one of its most promising ornithological researchers, and one of its most active birders. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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This research was actually done only about 10 km away from a place I once lived for a couple of years, in Radolfszell, Germany. Like this bird family b. ” At Tianmashan, one can almost always hear Grey-capped Greenfinches. If you want to signal to your environment that you a. Like bad jokes and c.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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Particularly the latter – Nabang – would in the past easily have merited its own post, but recent developments there that now make the place a bit like the former border between West and East Germany changed that. eBird calls the Asian Green Bee-eater a “small, dainty bee-eater”, which sounds nice and peaceful.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2011)

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Long-tailed Duck by Mike Bergin Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! They are not so incredibly rare in Germany anymore but this was the first I’ve seen around Heidelberg and the first anywhere since 2009. Whoa – gotta love that 6 foot wing span!

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