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On Charles and Project Treadstone

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The vet did give me a hard time about the dogs' animal-free diets (my traditional vets don't, ironically), and my response was that unless she could show me some research that his particular type of injury needs animal protein to heal, I wasn't going to change anything.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

The first two questions were never definitely answered. A little bit of research when I got home unraveled the ways of publishers here and in Great Britain. The accounts aim for specificity and authority; dates and locations of rarity sightings are given, and research articles on nesting and behavior are cited.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

It provides goals and a definite direction for your birding travels and thoughts; sometimes it even becomes the basis of a book! I would also love to have more documentation of the many books, articles, research points, and stories that Dunn relates, at the very least a list of sources. Is all that material on Selkirk needed?

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Remotest Endemic Birds

10,000 Birds

Well that depends on several factors, the most important of which are the definitions of the terms “remote” and “endemic” My subjective thoughts on remoteness are that the term should be defined by two factors: 1. Its numbers are declining rapidly due to feral cats and this duck is currently listed as vulnerable.

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