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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. 6) Taxonomy. Whereas checklists used to start with loons, they now begin with waterfowl. 9) Birdfinding.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

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He was adopted by the Masson family and was apparently the most loving dog all who met him had ever had the pleasure of being licked by. Tags: Books Current Affairs Greyhound Matters Language " Jeffrey Masson "The Dog Who Couldn't Stop Loving animal rights dogs service dogs.

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Thank a lemming

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They are able to breed at the age of 5-6 weeks so it is easy to see, given the right conditions how quickly their population can grow. A friend of mine saw a family of eight Ermine while hiking this past summer. Arctic Foxes will have as many as 16 kits on good lemming years.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

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It’s been nearly three weeks since the family and I left Breckenridge but I’m still thinking about all the birds that we enjoyed from my aunt and uncle’s backyard deck at 10,500 feet above sea level. We spent three days in Breckenridge and each morning I was the first in the family to awaken. What a beautiful beast!

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! But I do think this issue of hunting sandhill cranes goes beyond the right to hunt. Wicked, right? Why not just shoot the biggest one? Not at all.

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Killingholme Haven Pits

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He will be sorely missed by his loving wife of over fifty years, myself and my sister and of course his two grandsons. Grant and I lived in the family home in 1988 and 1989 when we were working and travelling in Europe whilst they lived in Kuwait, so we are familiar with the area from those days. Common Redshank.

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