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Cooking With Cats Coloring Book (and a giveaway)

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Do you love cats? What about food? Do you also like to color? This book combines all of those wonderful things together for a fun coloring experience! The cats take the cake in their “food cosplay”, such as cat sushi. … Continue reading →

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Compassionate Cooks Worth Visiting

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I really like this website for vegan cooking. Compassionate Cooks also has a podcast I used to subscribe to, but it was a bit overwrought for me. Still, they have a great website and they do important work.

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Collaborative List – 2022

10,000 Birds

Lucia Oriole (Saint Lucia) 4,133: Scaly-breasted Thrasher (Saint Lucia) 4,134: Lesser Antillean Swift (Saint Lucia) 4,135: Lesser Antillean Saltator (Saint Lucia) 4,136: Gray Trembler (Saint Lucia) 4,137: White-breasted Thrasher (Saint Lucia) 4,138: White-fronted Swift (Mexico) 4,139: Townsend’s Storm-Petrel (USA) 4,140: Cook’s Petrel (USA) (..)

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Collaborative List – Q3 2022

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4,126: Cook’s Petrel (California, US). September: 82 checklists and 259 species. The 2022 year list is up to 1,188 species. The life list rises by 2 , to 4,126 species : 4,125: Townsend’s Storm-Petrel (California, US). Both of these birds were seen on my pelagic tour out of San Diego. Good Birding!

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Easy-to-Make Dog Treats For Your Furry Best Friend

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When it comes to cooking, you love to whip up an incredible meal for your family; from yummy casseroles, to delicious crock pot apple crisps. Your family appreciates your cooking, so why not create something special for your pet too? … Continue reading →

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BC Heat Wave Caused Over 1 Billion Tidal Creatures to Cook to Death, Scientist Says

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“Cheese Affair Pin to Win” Sweepstakes

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Check out the GRAND PRIZE – 3 trips for two to New York City to attend a cheese soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe – cheese expert, author of The Cheese Chronicles, and cat owner! August 11: Trip for two to New York City to attend a Cheese Soiree and cooking class with Liz Thorpe (3). ET August 5- 11:59 p.m.

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San Diego Pelagic

10,000 Birds

It was productive throughout (the official summary is here ) and the highlights were a Cook’s Petrel , several Black-footed Albatrosses and Least Storm-Petrels , as well as higher numbers of Red-necked Phalaropes , Pomarine and Long-tailed Jaegers , Craveri’s Murrelets , Sabine’s Gulls , Townsend’s Storm-Petrels , and Brown Boobies.

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Dog-sized Baked Frittatas

4 The Love Of Animals

If you haven’t cooked for your dog, this might be a great place to start! Not only can you create a special, and healthy, treat for your favorite dog, but the great part is you can share it together! Enjoy this video from Alan Ahtow, one of Hairy Putter’s uprights.

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What Foods you should Avoid Feeding your Dog?

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Raw foods can occasionally contain parasites that cooking destroys. Still, your dog should avoid certain kinds of meat, cooked or not. Lean cuts of meat that have been thoroughly cooked work fine as long as all fat and skin have been removed. Similarly, dogs can eat pasta or plain white rice providing it has been cooked.

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Why Top Chef Makes Me So Mad

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Is that all these people can cook? Today's vile episode is one featuring French cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. I have yet to see an episode featuring vegetarian cooking. Add cooking schools to the list of animal exploitation promoters, along with medical schools.

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Recommended Reading: An Australian Birding Year

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I love to travel and to read, hence, I clearly love travelogues, from James Cook to Noah Strycker. His words touched something in me at page 1, and by the end of the book, he still had my undivided attention. Now, that’s a rarity.

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International birding tourism after the Covid-19 – what will change?

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You know how Thomas Cook has founded the first tour agency in the early 1800s? 80 years earlier, in the mid-1700s, Cox & Kings was founded to, primarily, organise trips of British officers to India and, unlike the huge Thomas Cook which declared bankruptcy in 2019, small Cox & Kings still exist.

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How to Bird the Colibri Cafe at Cinchona, Costa Rica

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However, if you can’t get a seat out back, no worries, just sit inside while enjoying home-cooked country fare. There’s a big wood-fired cooking set-up. Tortillas are patted into shape by hand and cooked fresh on the grill.

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Ezra Klein Discusses Meals Without Meat

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And, as one chef put it, cooks use meat to "express themselves." It's not about cooking "vegetarian," but cooking food you like that doesn't have meat. A lot of the meat-based meals in restaurants are due to chefs schooled in the French tradition. Well, I think this article makes some good points.

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Casa Tangara dowii, Costa Rica: to claim our feathery gold

10,000 Birds

Miriam’s is a plain, simple place offering delicious local cuisine cooked in a wood oven, combined with an awesome birding station!

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Guest Post: Understanding Pet Food Labels

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Fresh Cooked diets are becoming more popular as an alternative to the raw. Fresh cooked diets offer the convenience of a fully cooked product – eliminating the handling issues associated with raw meats – while still being all natural, free from preservatives or processed food, and just as easy for the pet to digest.

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Purina Waggin’ Train Treats Giveaway

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The three real chicken varieties are slow cooked to make the most delicious snack for your dog. Each variety of the real meat chicken jerky dog treats are made with very careful oversight, from the egg all the way to the finished product.

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Celebrate your dog’s breed with Dogs Incorporated!

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There is something for everyone, from the coffee lover, to the cook, and even for music lovers, there is sure to be a design that will show your personality as well as that of your pup! The prints are high quality, and we were impressed at how quickly ours arrived. Not only are the dogs adorable, but the options for personalizing are too!

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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At issue is the population of {the Cook Inlet beluga) whales, which were put under the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act eight years ago, which scientists argue hasn't sped their recovery: Palin begs to differ. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3

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Pescado moqueado, a fish cooked by steam from a clay stove, at the Sabanitas Community. On hot days, I particularly enjoyed various soups, e.g. ajicero , which is a thick fish soup cooked with different types of peppers, and fishes. The food was tasty and hearty. Photo by Juan Carlos. In general, local, river fish was unbeatable.

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Birding – While Camping – North Lake State Park, Greene County, New York

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This past weekend I was disconnected from the internet, stuck in the woods without electricity, reduced to sleeping in a shelter made of fabric, and cooked meals over an open fire. We spent our evenings cooking, playing cards, enjoying adult beverages, and listening to Barred Owls duets.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

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As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment.

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US a Hub for Eatin' Them Endangered Species

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Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) And here I've been yelling at China all this time. (Be From Alternet.org. The United States is one of the world's largest, if not the largest, consuming nations for wildlife products.

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Gordon Ramsey Disappoints Me

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Ezra Klein Bemoans Vegetarian Fare at Restaurants

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But this is another example of the general ignorance displayed in restaurants and cooking shows like Top Chef. We eat LOTS of things. I find it very insulting that we are pigeon-holed in our food choices. Real food only comes with meat. If you don't eat it, then you must not enjoy food that much. Have a carrot!

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Revised Sibley Guide Coming in 2013

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My Sibley Guide to Birds is pretty darn destroyed from hard use and I can’t wait to see what he has cooked up for the next edition. Are you as excited as I am? Do you have the same problem? Well, you can keep up with what David Sibley is up to on his new Facebook page.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

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As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment.

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Greenleaf Gifts

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I gave it the ultimate test and tried it after we had cooked curry. Not only is the diffuser great to look at (and they have tons of fun options to fit any decor), but it really does work to remove odors from the air!

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A gourmet menu for your cat.

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Supper: Hill’s® Ideal Balance™ Slow-Cooked Chicken Recipe – Food made with natural ingredients like real chicken and brown rice, carrots and greens in a delicious sauce says “comfort food” and “love”. Treats: Hill’s® Ideal Balance™ Crunchy Naturals with Real Tuna – yummy, natural treats that are healthy too!

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A Chance for Bliss

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The couple cooks for the dogs each day, not only to provide the proper care and nutrition the dogs need, but also to provide comfort to the dogs through the loving care that goes into each meal. Most of the residents fall into the senior category, but there are also several with special needs, and many who are considered hospice residents.

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Back to Tierra Caliente

10,000 Birds

As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds! It turned out to be Jacaratia mexicana , which the natives call Bonete (a reference to the four-cornered “bonnet” used by ecclesiastics), or Papaya de Monte (Mountain Papaya).

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CBC in Paradise

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By this time the sun was already stinging any exposed skin, as idyllic as the location was the white sand and azure water only served as reflectors, adding to the sensation of being mildly cooked as we counted birds. The Peregrine Falcon after its fleeting interaction with the Merlin.

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Two James Spirits: Doctor Bird Jamaica Rum

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Made with Jamaican sugar cane and bottled at a very potent 100 proof (50 percent alcohol by volume), this golden-hued rum is unabashedly fruity, with aromas of ripe banana, lemon peel, cooked pineapple, and sweet butterscotch in the pungent bouquet, followed up by some spicy, woody notes.

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Birding with a Botanist

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Did I cook and eat some of these mushrooms? These are called Milk Caps because not only are they blue, but they also bleed a neon blue milk when cut. That’s my hand in this photo. The hand in the photo by this post’s title belongs to Nacho. Did I live to tell the story? Why yes, I am doing so here and now. Were they delicious?

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of February 2018?

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Corey is cooking up a crazy bird project, so he’ll probably be criss-crossing Queens this weekend. If you look for signs of the next season this weekend, you’ll surely find them. I’m still tracking down a couple of winter species, so look for me in the more desolate parts of greater Rochester. How about you?

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On Teaching Children

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Farmer writes about the Creative Cooks Culinary Center in Brooklyn, where kids 5 to 11-years old are taught cooking in a place "that treats the culinary arts as an anthropological adventure." Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? But I bet anything doesn't go. How about an ethical adventure ? One is male.

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Thai Police Rescue Monkeys Bound for Restaurant

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Thai Highway Police in Sa Kaeo province have rescued 24 baby crab-eating monkeys, arresting a Thai driver and five undocumented Cambodians attempting to smuggle the endangered species to Cambodia, where they were destined for cooking pots in.Chinese specialty restaurants in Cambodia.

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Little Barrier Island and the New Zealand Storm-petrel

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It also is home to the breeding sites of vulnerable seabirds including the Cook’s Petrel and Black Petrel, both species are considered vulnerable. Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island.

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

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In recipes where food is to be baked, for example, make sure the food is thoroughly cooked and therefore safe to eat. Never give cats chocolate, for example, and always use only small portions of tuna, liver or chicken if concocting little cat crackers or other types of kitty treats.

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The Animals We Use

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I don't know what the effectiveness of online support is, but I do know that talking to people, eating with them, shopping with them, surfing the Internet with them, sharing cooking tips with them, cooking for and with them, and making yourself available for sharing the emotional and social difficulties of a transition from using animals to using them (..)

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The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”

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Midafternoon on 9 August 1825, Andrew Bloxam, the naturalist on the HMS Blonde, shot a starling on Mauke, an island in the Cook Islands. This fact alone is not at all surprising. After all, that is how ornithology was done at the time. It was duly processed and labeled and in his notes he wrote the following: Sturnus. L 7 1/2 inch.

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A Gray Tree Frog in the Garden

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It is always nice to visit and give Desi a chance to have a yard to play in and cousins to play with, to say nothing of eating some of my mother’s delicious home cooking. I spent this weekend at my parents’ house in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, which is nestled nicely between the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson River.