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Power Companies and Springtime Tree Removal

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Maggie Ciarcia, a solo wildlife rehabilitator in Carmel, NY specializing in small mammals and game birds, received a notice from New York State Electric and Gas that tree trimming was scheduled for her neighborhood and someone would contact her. But back to power companies. 4) Dream of the European model. Fish & Wildlife Service.

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How much time do you devote to birding?

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This is the usual game viewing routine in reserves of Africa and India. In India, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat and the law. Tropical Easy but Active – few hours in the morning, rest and few hours in late afternoon. In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy).

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How much time do you devote to birding?

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This is the usual game viewing routine in reserves of Africa and India. In India, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat and the law. Tropical Easy but Active – few hours in the morning, rest and few hours in late afternoon. In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy).

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Twenty-Four Hours of Awesome Part One: A Burrowing Owl?!?!?!

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Daisy was working late and my mother-in-law had kindly started to make me some spicy ramen for dinner. Within a couple of minutes I was out the door, yelling my apologies to my mother-in-law and speeding down the street in my Civic on my way to pick up Seth and Mary and get to the bird before the sun went down.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

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What about people who are kind and decent and obey the law? Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game. The innocent birds and the decent, law-abiding people who cared for them. Who suffers for these crimes?

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A Brief Tour of Uganda, The Pearl of Africa

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It’s a fun game for New World birders to find equivalents to many of the Old World bird families that we are unfamiliar with, but there is no equivalent to turacos. More to come as I law out the trip in my head better. The bill is adapted for catching lungfish, and the bird is almost always found where lungfish are common.

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