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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab

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It will house rodents for use in experiments. Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? From West Virginia Metro News. Setting up experiments to try and develop new insights that would be even before the drug development phase. Because it will create JOBS!

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Photogenic Birding in San Vito, Costa Rica

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I reside in Costa Rica, the country is roughly the same size as West Virginia, but I rarely make it to some parts of this birdy nation. In general, “photogenic” pretty much sums up the San Vito experience. My view from the Casa Botania.

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Ten Highlights from Birding in Costa Rica, 2018

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Some months later, I had a similar experience with one at a site known as “El Cafecito” This one also carried a feather in its beak, snatched tadpoles, and stood in the open for all to see. Life is always better when bearing witness to Sunbittern madness. The Unspotted Saw-whet Owl project. New Birds for Costa Rica.

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Bird Sex Voyeurs

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As a clumsy person, she enjoys the experience of literally stumbling through nature, learning as she goes, experiencing the magic of finding something interesting. A few weeks ago I joined a group of bird lovers to go out to a little clearing in the woods of West Virginia and watch the skydance of the American Woodcock.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide’s seven chapters are each focused on a specific western habitat: Backyard & City, Wetland & Pond, Shoreline & Beach, Meadow & Grassland, Desert & Sagebrush Steppe, Forest & Woodland, and Alpine & Tundra. Western Scrub-Jay (pp.

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Aim Small, Bird Small

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.&# Happy New River Birding Festival attendees moments after adding Swainson’s Warbler to their life lists The New River Birding & Nature Festival is in the mountains of south-central West Virginia. There have not been mountains around Lake Erie (either the Ohio part or the Canada part) since the glaciers came through.

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Charles Harper’s Birds & Words: A Review of a Classic Reborn

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He describes his experience in his introduction to Birds & Words : I took my first good look at birds as subject matter. He started experimenting with silk screening to produce most of his designs, including the images in Birds & Art. White article on bird feeding stations.