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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Of course, the first step is to define what is a ‘vagrant bird,’ a discussion I really appreciated since I’ve noticed that we (as in birders in general) tend to bandy the term about interchangeably with ‘accidental,’ ‘exotic,’ ‘scarce migrant,’ and ‘MEGA MEGA.’

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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

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Of course, this is the military, so why should they be any better than humanity in general?) They've prohibited feeding and want the animals trapped. If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. It is NOT the animals' fault that they have been abandoned to miserable lives. (Of

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SeaWorld Saves Some Sandhills

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However, many of the professionals who work at places like these exhibit enormous compassion for animals. but I’m certainly impressed with and grateful for SeaWorld’s commitment to animal rescue (and adorable freaking photos, used with permission of course!) Two recent non-marine examples both include Sandhill Cranes.

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Labor Day & Hummingbird Feeders

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Some hummingbirds get off course–perhaps a young bird is hatched with an odd internal compass or has hit a window one too many times and heads east or north instead of south with the rest of the gang and you get odd ducks showing up in unexpected areas. Nectar that is offered now is a bonus on their southward journey.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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By Corey • March 11, 2011 • 2 comments Tweet Share No, of course not, but what a picture ! OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Nine-legged Plover? Hat-tip to Mike McDowell. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Taking morphological measurements from a foliage-gleaner The Asociacion Fauna Forever and Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity (CORBIDI), two Peruvian not-for-profit conservation organisations, are proud to announce the next set of Bird Ringing Forever courses to be held in June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata, Amazonian Peru.

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Brewery Ommegang: Idyll Days Pilsner

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Following this early example, weathervanes in classical antiquity often assumed the form of animals and mythological beings – often deifications of the four compass winds – traditions that carried on in Europe long past the fall of Rome. Of course, there may very well have been fowl-inspired weathervanes in ancient Greece and Rome.

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