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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. Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Pelican, Pelecanus spp. Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

Multitudes, hundreds of Brown Pelicans and Terns–Least, Common, Foster’s, Sandwich, Royal, and Caspian. Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways.

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