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Birds and People: A Book Review

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As I explained to my nephews when they were younger, “The Burrowing Owls don’t think we’re their friends. People on one side of the rope, owls on the other.” Substitute Snowy Owl here if you’d like the modern version). Perhaps it comes from keeping a conscious distance while I observe them.

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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What does a Flammulated Owl do all night? Non-human beings have traditionally thought of on a basically immoral level…they lack any intrinsic values, are incapable of thoughts and emotions, and are only worth how good of a coat they make or how good they taste. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

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.” I argued that the kittens were young enough to be socialized and pointed out that she had pictures of them letting her hold them and pet them. I have a dog, cats (domestic and feral), birds raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, foxes, bunnies and mice…they all share the yard and the woods.