10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. Change in Law. That’s easy!” wrote Veronica in California. “I Charitable Things. wrote Maryjane in Pennsylvania.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

There’s an imperative to get this message across to cat people who, like me, can be educated to value wild lives as much as we value the lives of our four-legged family members. It’s tribal and familial. If the experience of handing over that box can be transformative instead of alienating or shaming, there’s a possibility of change.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 207

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

As we wandered along the trail we soon encountered family groups of both White-winged Fairywrens and Variegated Fairywrens. There was also evidence of the damage that feral pigs can do all along the trail and along the water’s edge and we soon came across a small group of them. Feral pigs. Orange Chat. Turtle shell.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

In the event I’m in a life or death struggle with an Oregon Junco or a particularly feral Dunnock I’d rather my birding companion was at least nominally on my side. It’s an unnerving experience and not at all pleasant even if the bird doesn’t connect often, and I am no stranger to bird attacks.

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New Zealand Birds Australia Kangaroos 148

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

While Haviken foregoes these latter production methods, it does rely on the singular contributions of Brettanomyces lambicus , a member of a family of wild yeasts (colloquially known as “Brett”) known for producing distinctly funky flavors in several traditional Belgian styles, and more recently, a new breed of American “wild” ales.

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