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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Those bears live in the wild and are not used to humans. Pelican, Pelecanus spp. Now, you should know Lucky, he’s no taller than my wife, who is of average height for a woman, and that bear was at least 4-5 times heavier than him.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. ” I’m down as the observer of a White Pelican at the Whitestone Bridge on Dec. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter. Which is true.