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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

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Grouse are the chickens we would love to lay eyes on. Groups them by family too and by their shape” His extra long arm extended and passed me that precious book. I daresay Fred wanted to do the hike more than we did but being kids before the digital age, we were always game for outdoor adventures. “Check it out!”

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Crested Firebacks

10,000 Birds

While you can easily find drab representatives of the pheasant family across most of the world – dull uninteresting birds like partridges, quail, francolins, grouse, or, God help you, turkeys, pheasants are usually found only in Asia. Borneo has a number of pheasants for the interested birder, as well as a peacock-pheasant.

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7 Pet Friendly Fall Activities

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Likewise, the four-legged member of the family is equally happy to see the leaves hit the ground. Even a game of football between you and a few bros is a great excuse for your dog to run around with you. Halloween Parades: A seasonal costume parade is truly, a Fall activity that the whole family can enjoy! But why stop there?

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Wanted: Dog lovers to host a house party!

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are part of the family, and now they’ve earned a seat at the dinner table as Chef Michael’s canine creations hosts the first pet-themed House Party™ dinner event for dogs and their owners,” said Shaun Belongie, Chef Michael’s Assistant Brand Manager. Current clients include Sargento, NBC, Disney, Ford, Microsoft and P&G.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

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They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. At this age, they are also able to make short flights, a highly desirable trait for game birds. The family stays very close to cover for several weeks, getting bolder as the young develop.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? You can designate it thus; you can legally call it a Rhode Island Red chicken if you want, but no whooping crane on this planet is nonessential. Soo…if all the cranes look white in a light regime like this, how does an excited gunman tell which one is the endangered one?

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

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Let the games begin. We don't really get an answer for that one, but we do get to the real question, which Scott alludes to in graph #3: "So how do we bridge the gap between maximizing profit at the expense of an animal’s expression of its natural tendencies and treating livestock as we would the family cat?"

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