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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds

10,000 Birds

A recent study has documented a rise in the number of turbine-related eagle deaths in the United States. . The use of wind turbines, often deployed on large scale in “wind farms,” has many benefits–wind power is a renewable resource with minimal impact on the environment. Except for birds, that is. Apparently, the U.S.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

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that slaughters horses for human consumption. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., you might wonder how it is that Cavel has been able to brutally slaughter horses for human consumption right here in the U.S. One can't kill horses for human consumption within the U.S.,

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Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America and of Northeastern North America: A Review of Two Field Guides

10,000 Birds

And, there is a fairy named Moth in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and a superhero named The Moth, appropriately from Dark Horse Comics, the poor cousin to the two big comic book companies. And, the North American Environmental Atlas project documents the locations of these ecoregions. And… that’s about it for positive moth images.

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Great Bowerbirds collecting blue items

10,000 Birds

At Big Horse Creek the items in the Great Bowerbird bower were also mostly white, but there were a few green items among the pile of “treasures” These items are to lure a female into the area and we have encountered Great Bowerbird courtship display in that area. It is well documented that Satin Bowerbirds collect blue items.

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Tails of Aloha

4 The Love Of Animals

We send Animal Therapy teams to hospitals, nursing homes, Hospices and even private homes for Animal assisted Therapy (where we have animals go to individuals or groups) or Animal Assisted Activities (Where we have an animal involved with the actual therapy of an individual that is observed and documented by a Health/Human service professional.)

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

10,000 Birds

Five species are grouped in a chapter titled (4) Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls). And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids. Close-up of Laughing Gull Range Map.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

10,000 Birds

And one of the things you do is to study old documents, and you have this old book, this very very old book, that chronicles the life and times of some historic people in some historic period, but you don’t know exactly when it is from or where it was written. Horses have six upper and lower on each side.

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