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Not just for the birds

10,000 Birds

If I had known that these Amanita caesareas smell pleasantly of eggs, I would have taken a sniff. My Laurelito trip was topped off by my discovery, when I walked back to my car, that it had been turned into a turkey perch. ” These guys would have let me pet them, had I been so inclined. .” More on that later.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

10,000 Birds

In my imagination, the job of a male Australian Brush Turkey is pretty similar – removing or adding bits and pieces to his pile of rotting vegetation in order to get the right temperature to incubate the eggs buried underneath to hatch.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

4 The Love Of Animals

Bill Craig, DVM, Chief Medical and Underwriting Director of PurinaCare Pet Health Insurance for providing us with this information! HOW IS THANKSGIVING DINNER DANGEROUS FOR PETS? The dangers posed to pets around Thanksgiving are as bountiful as the bread stuffing. We hope that you all have a safe and happy holiday!

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Big Egg Marsh. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Big Egg Marsh. The award for most submissions in one day goes to Nate who managed to compile an astonishing 22 checklists on May 25 th. Cartagos 2.

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