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7 Tips for Creating a Dog-Friendly Yard

4 The Love Of Animals

Although dog ownership may pose some challenges in the quest to achieve garden greatness, it’s definitely not a hopeless cause. You may need to make adjustments to your landscaping design in order to create a safe, welcoming environment for your canine companion, and the dog should make certain compromises as well. Confinement.

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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. Focusing in on a flurry of activity from the other side of the water feature, I could make out a bird desperately flapping its wings as Clay-colored Thrushes and Scarlet-rumped Tanagers raised their voices in alarm. Birds too, if they can catch them.

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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

I started calling her, patting my knees (much like you’d call a dog, for gawd’s sake), “Sophie! I raised them, banded them and released them back to their colony site that summer. After a few minutes, she finally realized both doors were wide open, and it dawned on her that she could finally go. You can do this!