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Coyotes in Carbon Canyon

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When staying with Daisy’s family in Yorba Linda, California, I often wake up early in the morning and take the short walk up to the southern end of Carbon Canyon Regional Park to do some birding. Despite, or maybe because of the active human intervention, quite a few species can be seen in a couple hours in the morning. (I

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Why don't Pumas/Mountain Lions/Lynx form packs?

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It seems like creating packs is the best survival method for animals and humans. which are also animals) On Netflix's "Predators" they show a Puma family that doesn't form a pack but it seems like life in a group would be a lot easier. Similarly wolves and coyotes do form packs and have quite a bit of success.

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A couple of facts :D

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Seals can mimic humans, you've heard of Crows and Parrots mimicing human speech but Seals can to, one Harbor seal named Hoover was able to mimic his owners voice and could say stuff like "Get over here!" " Which was similar to what their leader would say for them to get out of the water.

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School Burrowing Owls

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It also has one of the highest human population densities in the state. Not surprisingly, this brings Burrowing Owls into close contact with humans across the county. Loss of habitat due to development, disturbance at burrows and negative interactions with humans are some of the threats facing this charismatic species.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means. Most of all, there is isolation — Ferret Camp, 20 miles from the next nearest human habitation, represents the farthest from civilization I have ever been.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

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That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. While Sitting in Church, a Videopoem – James Brush, Coyote Mercury.