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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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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

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I mean, I eat chicken and fish.". Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". Contestant (flustered): "We, well, we used to have chickens on our ranch.". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Well, sort of.

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Rescue Ink Unleashed

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If not, be sure to set your DVR for Friday and watch, it’s a great show about an unlikely group of animal heroes. Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals.

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Black Bear

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In a stroke of the surreal, my heart beat frantically as my eye was yanked from the cheery, colorful bears on the sticker, to a mammoth black bear, tethered to the back of a white pickup truck, and held down with chicken wire. A group of law school students walked far out of their way to avoid the sight. That’s not sport.

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California Quail, The California State Bird: Now Forming Coveys

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At this age, they are also able to make short flights, a highly desirable trait for game birds. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently. You can see that they forage much like chickens, eating seeds, leaves, and flowers from grasses, shrubs, and trees as well as insects. www.youtube.com/watch?

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His Regal Grumpiness

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The bird usually turns out to be a hawk, vulture, exotic chicken, or sometimes a pigeon. Further investigation revealed that 30 years ago, the Pennsylvania Game Commission had brought breeding eagles down from Canada to start a Bald Eagle re-introduction program, hoping to bolster the population ravaged by DDT.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. Though admittedly, I only show this photo to quote the line of a Gary Larson cartoon : “The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression.”

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