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Adventures of a Louisiana Birder: One Year, Two Wings, Three Hundred Species–A Book Review

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Smith’s Longspurs, Vermillion Flycatchers, Burrowing Owls, Long-billed Curlews, Virginia Rails, Black Terns, Crested Caracaras–there’s a bird here for every taste. Marybeth and Lynn chase birds familiar and unfamiliar to me, a Northeastern birder, and I’m sure it will be the same for any reader in North America.

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My Subtropical Bird Garden

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But I would never have imagined how important it would be to my emotional well-being to have a bird-friendly garden during lockdown. Every other year or so, we experience the lightest of frosts, nothing killing, and our warmest temperatures (in the 80s and 90s) occur in late spring. Unfortunately, they are all House Sparrows.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia. They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. I want all of the above,” wrote Gay in Virginia. Change in Attitude. “I Creative muscle. “I

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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Very importantly, the breast-feeding years create emotional security in the child through the many hours of intimate contact with the mother. (Dr. Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. Breast milk not only contains nutrients, but also antibodies that bolster the baby's immune system. How sick and twisted is that.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

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It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. I wrote about the experience here. However, I am in a fierce and highly emotional year list competition with Corey, and it looks like I will lose against him. A life bird, a wood-warbler, and in Queens !

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