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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

No, not an Arctic Fox, but a Red Fox in Arctic Finland I may not have seen many wolves, but I have seen lots of foxes (or what I should perhaps call red foxes). Keeping fox numbers down certainly benefits our local ground-nesting birds, especially Stone Curlews and Grey Partridges.)

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Pied Oystercatchers and Sand Goannas

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The heavier wide line is the Sand Goanna and all of the multiple lines are the wing tips of the Pied Oystercatchers dragging their wings through the sand. We have to understand, though, that this was a natural predator and not one of our introduced feral cats or foxes. The rocky outcrop is where the nest was.

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Love in the Time of Conjunctivitis

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This blog was written by Arden Zich, volunteer with Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, IL: Congratulating myself for leaving the house on time, I got into my car and drove off to meet up with a friend for lunch. Not one minute later, I noticed a small feathery mass sitting in the middle of my lane.

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PSA

Reddit Animals

Here’s a short list of tips to help so you don’t have a bunch of people yelling at you on the internet while you’re just trying to help. I recommend Fox Valley. This is an Eastern Cottontail (Syvilagus Floridanus) they are native to North American and most cottontails will look similar being Eastern or not.

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The New Stokes Field Guides to Birds, Eastern Region & Western Region: A Review of Two Books

10,000 Birds

I thought it would be interesting to look at selections of the Stokes’ description of the falcon, which is listed in both guides: Shape in Flight: Very large, heavy-bodied, broad-necked falcon, tail very broad and moderately long, wings fairly long and broad-based for a falcon; outer wings taper to blunt tip. Thinner mustache.

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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

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Here is a sneak peek: Mark Thompson, the former host of Guinness World Records Primetime and Fox’s Emmy Awards red-carpet coverage, will co-host Shark Attack Experiment LIVE with Anna Gilligan, former Fox News Channel personality, from Rocky Bay, South Africa, commonly referred to as “Shark Park.”

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Collaborative list November – 2021

10,000 Birds

61 White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. 424 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. 61 White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. 424 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. The life list sits stubbornly at 4081. 1 Great Tinamou – Tinamus major. 2 Slaty-breasted Tinamou – Crypturellus boucardi.

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