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15 Australian Birds (Episode 5)

10,000 Birds

To honor this species, a cosmetics company named an eyeshadow tone after it, the MAC Diamond Dove , “a slightly cool-toned, very dark brown with a matte finish” Isn’t capitalism wonderful? The bird mostly feeds on nectar … … and only collect sufficient insects to satisfy its protein requirements ( source ).

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Organizations Putting Animals First

4 The Love Of Animals

Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Thankfully, there are some organizations out there that make it their business to look after and care for our animal counterparts.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There is also a bit of science thrown in–bird banding, remote sensing, museum collecting–not everything, but enough to give the beginner a taste of the ornithological side of the birding passion. So many birding books talk only about birds, it’s fun to read about us for a change. (I

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

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Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. On May 24, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed the bill into law. Illinoisans breathed a collective sigh of relief. The answer is the proverbial loophole. One can't kill horses for human consumption within the U.S., Then, on July 5, 2007, U.S.

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My second eLearning Blog Article

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Conservation section is frustratingly brief, stating the expected—massive loss of forest due to logging and a plantation economy, weak enforcement of laws regulating hunting and trade, understaffing of reserves and parks. Brickle, Ornithological History , by Bas van Balen, and the already cited Taxonomy and Systematics by Frank E.

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