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Urban Birding in San Diego

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Efforts have been made to return Mission Bay to its wildlife roots which can be witnessed from the Kendall-Frost Marsh Preserve on the northwest corner with several agencies working to replant and manage for wildlife, including the Ridgway’s Rail. As you approach, the combined odor of seabird excrement and sea lions fills the air.

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A morning in a Kalahari Leopard’s life

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Several artificial waterholes that have been placed along these riverbeds are a magnet for wildlife and Leeudril is one such location. Sitting down, she raised this leg and pulled them out using her teeth, after a few more paces, she then raised her front right leg and pulled out another thorn!

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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They have also been known as Lion Baboons and Bleeding-heart Baboons, due respectively to the males’ lion-like cape and tail, and the bare patch of red skin on both sex’s chests. they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Teal Lake Shiraz (2019)

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Most birders know better than to fall prey to such sensationalism, but among the public at large, Australia is notorious for being a land creeping and crawling with dangerous and even lethal wildlife at every turn. The quacker in question was named Ripper, a drake Musk Duck raised at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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She turned, looked, and by the expression on her face I guessed she was thinking “Goodness, I’m glad that was not a lion.”. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion? Free-ranging domestic cats have been introduced globally and have contributed to multiple wildlife extinctions on islands.