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Birding Singapore

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The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). Would it worry you to sit next to me on a plane or train and listen to this kind of information for several hours?

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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

When adopting a rescue there are added considerations on selecting the right dog for your lifestyle. Most shelter staff will refer to this as kennel fever, noted by a negative impact of remaining locked up in the kennel too long. 4) How long has the dog been at the shelter? Some dogs react aggressively while others withdrawal.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.1

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Faculty members who had earlier contented themselves with what was once referred to as a "threadbare but genteel" lifestyle began to ask themselves, in the words of my grandmother, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?

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The Oriental Dollarbird

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See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. I guess this is partly also because their foraging style is not exactly helpful to lose weight – mostly they just sit on some high bare tree, look around, and catch insects from that post before returning to it.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 To the Editor: While Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article demonstrates our folly in oversimplifying solutions to many of our challenges and offers many viable solutions to sustaining our lifestyles in generations to come, she leaves out one very green practice: hunting and fishing. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J.,

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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The broader Balangshan area has three different parts – the low elevation of nearby Wolongshan, the higher part of the road across the mountain that is referred to as the tunnel area among birders, and the actual Balangshan pass, which reaches an altitude of 4500 meters or so.

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A Red-naped Sapsucker and a Townsend’s Warbler

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In trying to find further evidence of the warbler’s behaviour and the sapsucker’s lifestyle, I found numerous mentions of Rufous Hummingbirds and “other species” coming to feed from sap wells. In the absence of any other advice, I shall refer to our guy as a gal). Does he vigorously defend his food source?