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Birding Santa Cruz Island

10,000 Birds

The scenery is stunning…expansive, rolling grasslands, towering vertical cliffs, cozy canyons filled with oaks, quiet coves where sea lions and cormorants mingle over the kelp forests. Aside from birds, people really seem to like Island Foxes. Of course, the island has a lot more to offer besides this jay.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. Sea lion mothers wail when watching their babies being eaten by killer whales. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Photo by Paul Huber.

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