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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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The guide has been expertly, even lovingly revised, expanded and updated (as the authors’ names indicate, this is largely a family affair). For example, I had no idea that some mushroom poisons only work when ingested with alcohol–watch out when you eat those morels! McKnight and Vera B. McKnight published in 1987.

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Juniper, plagues, and waxwings – Arrowood Farm-Brewery: Waxwing Juniper Farmhouse Ale

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A pair of Pestvogelen : Bohemian Waxwings ( Bombycilla garrulus ) from Nederlandsche vogelen (“ Dutch Birds” ) by naturalist and illustrator Cornelius Nozeman (1720-1786) and Christiaan Andreas Sepp (1700-1775) and Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739-1811) of the famous Amsterdam publishing family.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

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Once gregarious and outgoing, she withdrew from her family and friends, from everyone except her pet cats. Through daily letters and emails, Henry has served as a healer for Nancy, providing a bridge back to society, back to living and engaging with her family and friends. Would they help?

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Guest Post: Bonding with your kitten.

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Whether you have bought a kitten, or your cat has given birth to a litter that you intend to keep, you will most likely want to bond with the new member of your family. You may want to buy pet insurance , so that you can be sure that medical bills will not be an issue if any health problems do arise with your cat.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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Dr Smith was later in charge of medical services in the Crimea but had a feud with Florence Nightingale and was severely criticized for mismanagement, yet despite this he was knighted in 1859. The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. As you can easily judge from the dullness of this information, it is not something I made up but rather an appalling example of nepotism in the naming of birds. Another member of the magpie family, the White-winged Magpie , makes do with far fewer colors.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Some have proposed that the Larus gulls were an example of a ring species proposed by the late great Ernst Mayr, but that conclusion has been disputed (convincingly, I would say). Dan is an active member of BirdLife Cyprus and goes birding whenever his career and family allow.

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