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Barred Creek

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Google Earth image of Broome to Barred Creek The first bit of excitement on the trip was a rather nice looking Black-headed Python Aspidites melanocephalus. Black-headed Python We then reached Barred Creek just before high tide and parked the car in the shade of the natural bush.

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8 Reasons Why Bringing Your Dog To Work Is A Good Idea

4 The Love Of Animals

And, certain restrictions should apply, like no pythons or snapping turtles, or similar. You can have the image in mind of a group of chimps sitting around looking for insects at your next meeting. Dr. James Serpell of the Companion Research Group in Cambridge, says dogs have the same effect on people just by being in a room.

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Birding Shanghai in March 2022

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And now for something completely different (Monty Python): It seems birds are generally quite adept at matching their plumage color with the plastic objects around them. Apparently , a group of loons can go by many names, including a raft, a water dance, a cry, and an asylum (though I have to say some of these sound a bit made up to me).

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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The consultant also suggested increasing readership by catering to highly specific niche interest groups. Somebody highly knowledgeable in the area of SEO (search engine optimization) strongly recommended that I should write more posts including Japanese T**s. I don’t think I will stoop that low.

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Won’t Someone Think Of The Children?

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One of my favourite Monty Python sketches involves a rather enthusiastic documentary into the sordid sex lives of the mollusks. They may breed as a group, but monogamy is the general rule. Common Moorhens are, like most birds, monogamous breeders, and may bond for a number of years in the same territory.

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