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Pet-Related Charities Receive Early Holiday Present

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What an amazing early holiday present for the pups and kitties at these shelters! Perhaps this is because they believe in the power of giving to others; nine in 10 adults across demographic groups agree with this sentiment (92 percent) overall. Adopt A Pet: $43,800. Operation Baghdad: $32,400. AAHA Helping Pets Fund: $12,800.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

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For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. We compared alligator body condition in similar habitat with and without wading bird nesting colonies present.

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

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Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. It was the same day George Floyd was killed.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.” I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands.

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Return to the Poo Ponds

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We are unsure as to what the bird population is there, but there are a lot less birds present at the old ones. They had to close their Poo Ponds to tourists/birders recently due to a feral dog problem, but this has been addressed and access is now possible. Those that had stayed had bred, though and there are a few family groups.

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The Little Big Year 2018: Best Birds of the Year!

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I present to you, my favorite birds of 2018. The birds are now breeding in the area, but are quite happy to keep coming to the daily feeding station in groups of over 100 birds. The first bird in that grouping would be the White-crowned Helmut-shrike. My favorite of the stay was this White-cheeked Bulbul.

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Ground Zero Hero

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Sarah Atlas is a search-and-rescue dog handler, one of many civilian volunteers who serve with New Jersey Task Force 1. Shortly after arrival, her group got the call that the dogs were needed. Sarah reports that everyone was so kind: “The janitorial staff at the Javits Center even brought in bones for the dogs.”.