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Pied Oystercatchers and Sand Goannas

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We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. The chick is just to the right of the adult bird in the photo below in the shade. The Pied Oystercatchers moved around the vegetation and collected food for the chick. Pied Oystercatcher and chick.

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Wild Turkeys at Flatrock Brook Nature Center

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There is a flock of Wild Turkeys that strut around like they own the place and they might very well be right. After all, there is no hunting and while I watched the turkeys they routed a feral cat that dared come near the flock of twelve which consisted of two tom turkeys and ten hens. … a.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Got to finish browsing for the fawns and collecting chiggers,” wrote Becky, from an island off North Carolina. “As Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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You’re Not Helping

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As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand. He isn’t arguing that the state should impose this, he’s arguing that we should act collectively.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! At one occasion, during the hike Tsanakis collected wild mushrooms and in a restaurant, asked the chef to prepare those for us.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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Do not buy these books, unless you are collecting old bird books. Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. He is now a director of the Phelps Foundation.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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There is a photo of him caring for a White-chinned Sapphire in the book, the only human pictured in Dunn’s 16-page collection of hummingbird photographs, and it is inspiring. He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle. Jonas D’Abronzo.