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The Importance of Nurturing Young Birders

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In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. Shouldn’t I be much more worried about people in a catastrophe the size of the F5 that hit Joplin, Missouri? There were 23 cows killed; some had to be shot up in trees where they were stuck.

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The Catbird Seat

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Where I grew up in Missouri, Catbirds were present, but not in the same density that I find here in North Carolina. Because while everyone who’s taken middle school English Lit knows why it’s a sin to kill a Mockingbird, everyone who listened to baseball on the radio knows why it’s a great thing to be in the Catbird seat.

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Travis the Chimp is the Victim

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What is sad is that Travis' mother was also shot and killed for aggressive behavior. The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. She actually thought he was her son?? But see what kind of conditions SHE was in.

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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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The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is designated as an Important Birding Area for Missouri. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. New Jersey/New York.

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From Today's New York Times

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20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. But we can ask, and they can answer.

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“Dog Days and Poisons” – Collective Arts Brewing: Mash Up the Jam

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There’s always a chance that we could ingest something bad for us, something that might even kill us – a peril we face anytime we swallow anything, in fact. Louis, Missouri population. Drinking is an act of risk and vulnerability, though it’s such an everyday part of our existence that no one thinks of it that way.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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US-ND-Little Missouri National Grassland (46.5556,-103.4306). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Sprague’s Pipit – Anthus spragueii. 93rd Ave NW, Ross US-ND (48.3799,-102.6357). 11 Jul 2018. 09 Jul 2018. 08 Jul 2018.

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