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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. Groups them by family too and by their shape” His extra long arm extended and passed me that precious book. Watch and listen for the birds as they rustle through the leaf litter. “Check it out!” Bushwacking?

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The Too-Friendly Scrub Jays of Cruickshank Sanctuary

10,000 Birds

There are many wonderful things to see at the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival , but the Florida Scrub-Jay is as close to a “must see bird” as you’re likely to find down here. Cruickshank is maintained thanks to the work of a devoted few, and the jays respond to them as eagerly as they do to the plot itself.

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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

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Falakhe’s Story

10,000 Birds

Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him. Falakhe is still alive, as is the dominant male in his litter. Support Wildlife ACT in supporting them. But his condition had gone from appearing half-starved to looking relatively healthy.

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Birding beyond Brisbane

10,000 Birds

We saw several of the kingfisher family whilst on our trip, including Azure Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher and Sacred Kingfisher. You soon adapt to the early mornings and early nights to coincide with the wildlife! The absolute highlight was when I heard leaf litter being thrown about. Forest Kingfisher. One lovely campsite!

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

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I come from a large family: five sisters, two brothers and almost everyone has kids. Most of my family lives in Indiana, but thanks to social media we can easily keep in touch. Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. “They don’t want to be inside.

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Kermie

Animal Person

And of course, shuttling wildlife to and fro, and contemplating their place in our lives and our place in theirs. My imagination conjured a frog desperate to return to his home and family, but trapped in a surreal world of artificially-cold air, very little dirt, ostensibly no available water, and precious few bugs to eat.