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10 Reasons Street Dogs Deserve to be Defended

4 The Love Of Animals

'1. No dog is happier to be rescued. I remember the first night after I left the streets. My human kept me in an enclosed porch because, let’s face it, I was crawling with fleas and pretty filthy. She put a dog bed outside with some food and water, and I’d see her checking on me about every five minutes. That night, I slept well for the first time in my short life.

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Pink in Africa

10,000 Birds

'Of course Africa could not to be left out of the pink weekend so I have researched all African species whose official or alternative names include the word “pink”. There are certainly some stunners involved. Pink-throated Twinspot. Definitely my personal favorite of Africa’s pink birds is the delicate Pink-throated Twinspot. This species is a southern African endemic, restricted to, but fortunately not uncommon, in dry woodland and sand forest habitats of northern Zululand, Swaziland, scattered

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50 Years. 50 Shelters.

4 The Love Of Animals

'Purina Cat Chow just launched “ 50 Years. 50 Shelters. ” a program that will support 50 cat-focused shelters nationwide and donate up to $200,000 in product and monetary donations to acknowledge these shelters’ dedication to the cats they serve and helping them find forever homes. Purina Cat Chow “50 Years. 50 Shelters” Program Gives Thanks in Three Ways.

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Wishing we were there! #BlogPaws

4 The Love Of Animals

'Wishing we were joining so many friends at BlogPaws right now. We will be following along on Twitter and watching the live streaming too. Are you going to BlogPaws ? The post Wishing we were there! #BlogPaws appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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The Hummingbirds of Western Montana

10,000 Birds

'Are invisible. I mean, I know they’re out there. The Montana Field Guide, a helpful online compendium provided by the state government, lists seven species. Three of those — the Black-chinned , Calliope , and Rufous Hummingbirds — breed in the Missoula area. That is, in extremely precise mathematical terms, three times more species of hummingbirds than breed near the Olde Homestead.

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1,200+ Canines Don Tiaras & ‘Tails’ This Week for Doggy Proms

4 The Love Of Animals

'It’s prom season for teens everywhere — and that includes the canine kind! More than 600 doggy couples – decked out in bow ties and boas, tiaras and tails — will attend one of 38 Doggy Proms hosted by Best Friends Pet Care at its doggy day camp centers across the country. The camp room at each Best Friends center is decorated for the special event with a Starry Night theme of dark blue and silver streamers, stars and a disco ball.

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Where Have You Gone, Rhodonessa caryophyllacea?

10,000 Birds

'Extinction is sometimes more confusing than it looks. It is easy to tell when some species become extinct — a Martha or a Lonesome George dies and there are no more, not now, not ever (until science fiction kicks in.) But for species that didn’t meet their end in captivity, that were always rare, that lived in remote areas, had retiring habits, or bore confusing similarities to their relatives, or simply lacked publicity — well, we can say we haven’t seen them in x numbe

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A Fun Reminder

10,000 Birds

'It’s always good to be reminded that when you are looking at birds you are actually looking at dinosaurs. And xkcd is excellent at just this type of reminder.

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Two Bald Eagles Survive Crash Landing

10,000 Birds

'Well, that brings a new meaning to the phrase “ the eagle has landed.” In the case of two Bald Eagles at the Duluth International Airport in Minnesota, the landing was of the not-so-smooth variety. The birds had locked their talons during a mid-air battle and plummeted to the tarmac together. When they hit the ground, both were alive, but unable to separate themselves.

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The Bill of the Flamingo

10,000 Birds

'The bill of the Greater Flamingo is a marvel of nature that would make any baleen whale turn pale with envy. Indeed, they are the avian equivalent to baleen whales, feeding exclusively on brine shrimp and blue-green algae using their highly specialized bills as filter devices. The long legs and neck allow them to feed near the ground in relatively deep water or near the water surface, depending on where the largest concentration of food is found.

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Pretty in Pink

10,000 Birds

'If you are not a fan of carotenoid-rich algae, but still wish to wear that becoming blush for Mothering Sunday, help is at hand. In celebration of the coming weekend, The Management at 10,000 Birds have generously offered a special, all expenses paid trip to a pampering spa in Florida (they will not actually be paying the expenses, but it is assumed that at some point someone, somewhere, will end up paying.

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The Thin Black Line

10,000 Birds

'If you are a birder reading this, you will probably like flamingos because they are pink. If you are a flamingo reading this, you will probably like flamingos because they are black. It may come as a surprise, but the colour black – not pink, not red or any other fancy colour - is central to the courtship rituals of the Greater Flamingo. There are two basic elements employed in it, and both are based on the two black parts each flamingo proudly calls its own: the black tip to the bill and

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of May 2013)

10,000 Birds

'How was your weekend? Did you see awesome birds? Take good care of the mothers in your life? Most important, did you love our Pink Bird Weekend ? What was your favorite part? Birds were certainly on the move around here despite frigid temps. I got into a great little wave of migrants on Saturday morning, coming away with blistering views of Blackburnian Warbler , one of my all time favorite warblers.

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Avian Expansion in Two Acts

10,000 Birds

'ARUBA — Of all the places that I’ve had the privilege to bird, Aruba is probably has the poorest birding coverage. For starters, it’s small. And really windy. And mostly desert. None of the things that really lend themselves to high bird diversity. It has no avian endemic species (only one subspecies), and its most spectacular birds like Venezuelan Troupial and Fiery-Topaz Hummingbird can be found in greater numbers across a narrow strait in mainland South America, where you c

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Winter in Wellington

10,000 Birds

'While all the posts I see in the blog (when I can bring myself to read it and let’s face it, that isn’t often at the best of times) are about spring and migrants and birds that are so gauche they actually dress in pink, here in New Zealand we are experiencing the start of winter. Don’t mind me. Just keep posting about how great things are.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of May 2013?

10,000 Birds

'Do you think flying flamingos look like flaming pencils? Jochen does ! May is in full stride now, which means migration is in full stride, which means most nature lovers are spending as much time outside as possible. Frankly, I’m amazed many of you even have time to read this. Is anybody out there? Corey and I will be doing our respective things in our respective corners of New York state.

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Pink Finches I Have Known

10,000 Birds

'You can’t really talk about pink birds without talking about pink finches. For some reason the Fringillidae, as the finch family is called if you want to be highfalutin, frequently tend toward pink. Not that I’m complaining! Too the contrary, I love spotting a pink finch, and the more out of place I am or the bird is the happier I am about it!

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Queens Big Day (Kind of)

10,000 Birds

'After several weeks of putting in way too much time at work I finally finished bargaining a contract early last week and had it ratified by mid-week. That meant I could finally take a day off from work and I chose Friday. After a couple of weeks of really lousy winds for migration in late April and early May the winds finally stopped coming out of the east and changed to the southwest at the end of last week.

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Of Nesting Spoonbills, Nestling Flamingos, Left-the-Nest Shearwaters, and Mystery Gulls

10,000 Birds

'Pink-footed Shearwater image by Felonious Jive. What do all these birds have in common? They’re (at least partially) pink. And they’re making the news, too. First off, Audubon of Florida reports that counts indicate more Roseate Spoonbills are nesting in Florida Bay (between the mainland and the Keys) this year than last year, although those numbers are still lower than in the last decade.

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Major Mitchell’s Cockatoos

10,000 Birds

'It’s Mother’s day today in the U.S.A and down here in Australia-actually it will be almost over when you all arise in the U.S.A. to treat your Mothers to breakfast in bed and all those other good things that you have been planning! It gives us all an excuse to think “pink” and what better bird than Australia’s most beautiful Cockatoo!

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Police Officer Interrupts Chase to Save Ducklings

10,000 Birds

'This is just plain awesome. Via Buzzfeed.

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