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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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I was birding one of my favorite places yesterday, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Palm Beach County, Florida, and, as generally happens, people were asking me about the birds they were admiring. It works well in Florida , in which most species are allocated one page each and 20 species get two-page spreads. “Great Egret.”

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). In 2021, Florida banned reticulated pythons, forcing Coffee to find homes for the pythons outside of Florida. He had a total of 120 pythons he needed to rehome.

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Barred Owl Love, Freakin Owlsome!

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In late January this year we were commissioned by Florida’s Space Coast to produce an episode on the birding of the area and the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Palm Bay is a fairly typical piece of Florida suburbia and is the most populous city in the county. Its controversial for sure and rightly so.

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US Judge Asked to Hear Case about Orcas

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US District Judge Jeffrey Miller called the hearing in San Diego after Sea World asked the court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that names five orcas as plaintiffs in the case.

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Is Dolphin Therapy Cruel to Dolphins?

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ad_icon The practice, however, is fiercely criticized by researchers and marine mammal conservationists, including the educational anthropologist widely credited with having invented it, retired Florida International University researcher Betsy Smith.

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On Horses too Thin to Slaughter

Animal Person

This is an interesting moment in the story: Paragallo said Thursday that he had given the horses away to a Florida-based breeder, whom he did not identify, in December with the agreement that he could breed the mares back to one of his stallions based in New York or Florida. Tags: Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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A Great Ornithologist’s Plea: Scale Back The Playback

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Florida Canyon, AZ. Birding Bird Call Playback birder''s etiquette ethics I Am Birder' This Rufous-capped Warbler was seen and photographed without the aid of playback. It was a very pleasant experience. Not long ago, my dear colleague Seagull Steve (Global Birder Ranking System’s U.S. #7) 7) had a blog post that got me thinking.