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Birding Singapore

10,000 Birds

The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). I guess having one racket is still enough to play the game, though it may not be sufficient to find a high-quality mate.

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Bowling for Rhinos

4 The Love Of Animals

All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Raise $100 and get a t-shirt and entry into two door prize categories. Date: May 1, 2009. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. Why not just shoot the biggest one? The biggest gobbler, the biggest buck… And this? Nobody needs to eat them.

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