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Skittles’ Surgery GoFundMe

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So far, Bridget has raised over 50% from friends, family, and animal lovers from all over, which is amazing! Any funds that are raised in excess of Skittles’ medical bills will be donated to Cape Ann Animal Aid, a no-kill animal shelter in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

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People of all ages and backgrounds brighten the ride and the book as they welcome Dorian to their homes (his blog asked for shelter and people responded, he also used a biking home-share group and motels) and help him find elusive birds (although Dorian is mostly on his own, there are occasions when help is crucial).

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Creating a Birdwatching Backyard Paradise

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With the right amount of food, shelter, water and areas for birds to raise their babies, you can transform your backyard into a birdwatching paradise. When grass is mowed, nothing lives in it, eats it or uses it as shelter. Along with making the space toxic, pesticides kill bugs, which are a big part of most birds’ diets.

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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month

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Parents and children should be “conscientious and take responsibility for raising pets and, in any case, it is better to adopt, neuter and care for domestic animals,” Menendez said. Mexico City, one of the world’s largest cities, has an estimated 3 million street dogs that end up being killed in shelters or the victims of human cruelty.

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Reminders and Perils of Fall Migration in Costa Rica

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Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes momentary glances into the sky and hearing chip notes from the trees to remind us that birds are on the move. Where will those birds go when they come back looking for food and shelter? Migration is happening. Every birder knows it.

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Managing Emotional Problems in Rescue Dogs

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The no-kill shelter I adopted them from didn’t know too much about them except that they were found half-starved in the Jasper area after Hurricane Rita tore through areas of the east Texas coast. Juliet had a nasty case of Sarcoptic mange, which the shelter’s vet had misdiagnosed as an allergy.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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I’m not sure why all the birds scattered at its approach, Frigatebirds are known for stealing the catch of other birds, not for killing elegant, cinnamon-chested Avocets, but scatter they did and only a couple of hundred came back down. I was at Boy Scout Woods, one of the High Island sanctuaries owned and operated by Houston Audubon.

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