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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.

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"Zoo from Hell" Owner Convicted in New York

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A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. State police raided Everle's property, 30 miles north of New York City, in July, and witnesses testified that they found several animals dead, many malnourished and dozens living in unsanitary conditions.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

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New York Times. New York City. Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. More >> Year.

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Answer to the Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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But it wasn’t all that diabolical when you consider that it was the Queens Zoo that served as the setting and I also left this clue: “a knowledge of what birds can be seen in my fine borough will be of great assistance to you.&# Those who are really familiar with Queens should know what birds are in the zoo named for our borough.

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From Today's New York Times

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” (news article, Dec. 27): It’s little wonder that Tatiana, the tiger that escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, longed for her freedom. How many people and animals must pay with their lives before we acknowledge that big cats don’t belong in captivity? Jennifer O’Connor Norfolk, Va.,

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Domestic or Ganky Geese

10,000 Birds

4 Responses to “Domestic or Ganky Geese&# John Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:12 pm I see goose hybrids regularly since the local, nonmigratory Canada Geese happily interbreed with the domestic geese at a county park’s zoo. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” The Ones Who Didn’t Make It.