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Week 26: San juan Islands

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The Pigeon Guillemot is bringing a small fish for breakfast back to the nest. Most of the day was a repeat of the previous island s birds, but I did add some Brown Creepers, Oregon Juncos, Robins, Swainson’s Thrush , and some Turkey Vultures. Here is a small group of the Pigeon Guillemots near their rocky Cliffside nesting area.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. Niman for pasturing the animals to provide all the beef, turkey, chicken and pork eaten in this country? Toney Union, N.J., And how much land would be required to contain ranches like the one owned by Ms. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn.,

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). 26 Nov 2019.

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Africa’s endangered species

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More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. This colony outlived dozens of others as it was protected by the local religious belief that the ibises migrated each year to guide Hajj pilgrims to Mecca.

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Birding the Battlefields

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Kestrel , Northern Harrier , Great Blue Heron , and Wild Turkey. Birders at Vicksburg counted 45 species, including Snow Geese , Barred Owl , Brown Thrasher , 152 Yellow-rumped Warblers , Fish Crow , and Eastern Towhee. The lovely ladies of the MD Ornithological Society (with me in tow!)

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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Collaborative List – May 2018

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Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. 07 Jan 2018.

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