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The Top-5 Birding Hotspots of Serbia

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The reservoir is surrounded by traditional farming landscape, adding the European Turtle Dove and the Ortolan Bunting to the scene. Common Kingfisher , Common Hoopoe and the European Bee-eater come from their nesting holes at the high loess-bluff of the opposite, right bank of the river. eBird bar chart. #4 eBird bar chart. #3

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

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Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose. Turtle bites hurt!”. “I They don’t love us like we love them, right? Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. He knew right where to bite, too – the skin between the thumb and first finger. We felt so bad for her.

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A “Thank You” is All You Need

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A month ago I visited this site, right at the edge of Belgrade for the first time, only to discover that I cannot get into the overgrown area in my low-clearance city car. By Greek law enforcement officers, I had already been taken for a spy. But, seen from the opposite angle, I do not look spylike, more like – a policeman!

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

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She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. Post a picture on Susan Wilson’s Facebook page and explanation of how your dog (or turtle, or human, etc!) My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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“Feathery forearms would have allowed these emu-sized dinosaurs to shade their eggs from the head of the midday sun 80 million years ago” (right, Dinoguy2/Wikimedia). People and history come into play in “The dinosaur hunters,” a chapter on larger than life personalities such as E.D. No collarbones! No feathers!

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters.

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Feel more confident in saying we’ve all gotten 1/3 right. Wicked, right? Hooded Merganser 2.)

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