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5 Puzzling Toys That Will Keep Your Pup Entertained for Hours

4 The Love Of Animals

Of course, the fact of the matter is that you provide the food in your household, or one of the other humans does. Problem-solving skills are as good for your dog as they are for you, and it’s always a delight to see your canine companion beam with pride when they have “won” their game. Hide-A-Squirrel Puzzle Plush Toy.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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Recent studies in Sri Lanka have revealed that, upon sighting a predator, a drongo will imitate the alarm calls of at least 4 other bird species (babblers, laughing thrushes, bulbuls, and others), as well as the call given by the specific predator, i.e. a giant squirrel or eagle. It is also classified as Near Threatened.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

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Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). “Ground-squirrel&# shouts a falconer, thankful that the bird has missed as they can consume a squirrel in a minute or two, limiting their willingness to hunt further.

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Africa’s Barbets

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This remote region of Cryptosepalum forests is little changed by human hands (somewhat of a rarity in these times of devastating habitat destruction) yet this species has not been relocated despite extensive searches by birders (including myself). Image taken in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya.

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