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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

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It's a two-week old kitten from Kansas. But I can't help wishing she'd go to a shelter and save a cat that needs a family and a home. In February she had to put one down because of illness. The other is also quite ill and will probably not last out the year. Friday she showed me the new kitten she will be purchasing.

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Reflecting on a Year of Less Birding

10,000 Birds

In addition to spotting exciting new species in Florida, including the rare Snail Kite, travel across the country brought me into contact with birds in Oregon, California, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Alabama, and more. 2018 proved to be one of my best birding years ever.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

And Giant Otters are still common in the rivers around Karanambu Ranch, home of the late “otter lady”, Diane McTurck, who used to rehabilitate orphaned otters and whose family still runs the lodge. At the same time, you can immerse yourself in the wonderful vicero culture by venturing out with vicero trackers on horseback.

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The Smallest Trogons in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Some birds are so familiar, even non-birders can’t help but know what they are, or at least what family they belong to. The only regularly occurring member of its esteemed family within the ABA boundaries, this cool bird exhibits the same sort of iridescence and striking looks that challenge us to stop gazing at any of the Trogonidae.

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What Will My Next Five Queens Birds Be?

10,000 Birds

But before we get into new predictions, let’s take a look at what I predicted would be my next ten birds way back in 2015 when Barack Obama was still president, the Kansas City Royals were working their way to a World Series victory, and I was still on the young side of forty. Below are my predictions exactly as I made them.

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Awkward Fostering

4 The Love Of Animals

Tom Harvy, the holder of the Kansas Zoo, stated that Isabella managed to perform all her maternal duties: she did not notice the difference between species, feeding, cleaning and licking the cubs permanently. This case has strongly fascinated the publicity, which led to publishing the book about this awkward family – Tiger-Pups.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Western North America & Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern and Central North America: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Didn’t every household have a copy of a Peterson Field Guide on the shelf, maybe a third or fourth edition that family members grew up with, which they could quickly consult to see the arrow pointing to that belly band? .” I was puzzled by what seemed like a universal lack of knowledge about hawks and falcons.