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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. Tags: best bird , weekend • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. Falling through the ice could not have been fun.

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Lapland Adventure

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Its family must have flown south Finding mammals is always a challenge: we saw Red Foxes several times, and Red Squirrels daily, though disappointingly the majority sported grey rather than red fur. Reindeer cow A grey Red Squirrel The post Lapland Adventure first appeared on 10,000 Birds. had clearly been left behind.

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Foster to Toora

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There is a water trough for the dairy cows, but sometimes the Pacific Black Ducks take advantage of the trough! There is a family of feral foxes that I often encounter near Bennison Creek. Foxes were introduced to Australia in 1855 for hunting and have established themselves far and wide. Pacific Black Ducks. Tiger Snake.

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Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven”

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Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Fox in Socks, Cat in the Hat) out loud. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Avian Quiz – March 11, 2011

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Crafty Like A Crow Birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Almost Squished Wood Thrush (and a fox) About the Author Jory Jory is a native Long Islander living just outside of Albany. Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Beware of hybrids. Thanks for visiting!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. So why would they not insist that the cow that became their steak was treated humanely? Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Peters Paso Robles, Calif.,