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How smart are parrots?

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Parrots are smarter than Nebo the dog. Bwana Ndege’s African Grey Parrot had fooled the dog again. It happened several times a day as long as the Parrot was alone on the porch and things were quite. The parrot always laughed. Yes, parrots are smart. “Nebo.” “Nebo.” “Nebo.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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Text alerts, if you’re lucky enough to know about them, are great (though most don’t allow for information beyond rare bird sightings). I’ve missed this information, especially when I travel to Los Angeles to visit my daughter and her family. ” birders tell me. Well, eBird is great.

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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

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Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. Roth; the informative, graceful text is by Susan L. And, a wonderful world it was.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Holt and his staff, several of which are also ‘characters’ in the book, do hard-core field work, finding owls, owl nests, documenting them and working with concerned and unconcerned organizations to inform public policy decision-making. It’s a lot of work. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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In some cases, for example Jabiru, the information is tucked away at the end and can’t even be discerned from the range map. Yes, it’s nice to have information on 817 birds, and it’s wonderful to have full descriptions and photographs of birds commonly seen in Central and South America. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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Hornsby Blue Gum Walk

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We had originally found out about this walk from the excellent website called WILDWALKS and it has been an excellent resource for finding walk trails in the Sydney area and beyond that you can access by public transport. We could hear King Parrots in the forest and once again an incredibly brightly coloured bird was able to hide.

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4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

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We live in a world of information over-saturation. The internet is great at collecting information, but it is at best so-so at working out what’s actually important. (It’s That doesn’t translate into action if the money and resources aren’t there to act on such ideas.

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