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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

Critter News

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization.

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Note to Those Wanting Promotion: Pay Attention

Animal Person

And that's when I get e-mails like this: Dear Mary I’m Caroline and I’m one of the Supporter Services team members for Compassion in World Farming. Having read your blogs I thought you might like to hear about Compassion in World Farming’s Bake with Compassion fundraising week. But that was back in 2006. Eat More Veal?

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Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home Coming to Orlando

Animal Person

Please consider joining us in building the excitement for this celebration of transformation, community, non- violence and compassion. Ask family members and friends who are unfamiliar with animal issues to join you in attending the festival events. Filmmakers Jenny Stein and James LaVeck will be on hand for Q&A after the.

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Labor Day & Hummingbird Feeders

10,000 Birds

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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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

10,000 Birds

In any event, they were surprisingly good at this. So far it looks like the would not have been abrupt events coming out of nowhere, but rather, they would have been preceded by a periods of weakening or other changes in the field. That did in fact confuse them at least to some degree.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

10,000 Birds

Duck Stamp) for wildlife observers (81 votes, 12 comments) Create a photography permit allowing regulated off-trail access to refuges (80 votes, 15 comments) Christmas Bird Count for Kids – A half day free family event with partners @ all USFG visitor centers (46 votes, 5 comments) Establish partnership(s) with national birding conservation orgs.

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The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida

10,000 Birds

What events transpire miles away that make a certain destination attractive to birds and wildlife in one way or another? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! I am often guilty of neglecting “place&# when birding. Thanks for visiting!

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