4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Half a decade ago, in a little mountain town about 60 miles northeast of San Diego, a feral kitten dragged his front left leg uselessly. Once gregarious and outgoing, she withdrew from her family and friends, from everyone except her pet cats. Would they help?

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San Diego Kittens Emotional Cats 100

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

For example, take the Mississippi Kite (above), photographed at the Dairy Mart Ponds in Tijuana River Valley, between San Diego and the Mexican border. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. Let’s get to it then. 1) Rare bird reporting has come a long way.

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San Diego California Condor California Bald Eagle 170

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MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes.

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 152

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MAY 17, 2019

members of the family Spheniscidae. While I still have my Chilean condor wine to review, in addition to a bottle of Peruvian pisco with a condor on it I brought back with me as a souvenir, I think it’s prudent to stick with the penguins this week, considering my recent birding luck with this family.

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India Penguins San Diego Peru 113

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

It’s my first return to Prospect Park since my overwhelming San Diego adventure and things seem quiet, despite favorable overnight winds and gushing reports of a wild sparrow bonanza the previous day. The lawn seems bare of birds, except for a single female Flicker. Overhead, a white-tailed young Red-tailed Hawk calls.

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San Diego Sparrows Breeders 2009 173

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 21, 2009

Founded by Helen Woodward Animal Center and supported by Iams, the Iams Home 4 the Holidays campaign began in 1999 with just 14 participating animal shelters in San Diego County. If you are considering adding a pet to your family as a gift, PLEASE consider adoption from shelters and rescue first. The goal is to find homes for 1.5

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Los Angeles San Diego Homelessness Purebred 100

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? Bravo if you have.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100