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Woodland for sale

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After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. All terrain vehicle enthusiasts ripped swathes through the wild flowers and fireraisers left the burnt out shuck of a car, so there will almost certainly be work parties to clear the litter and debris.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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If you want to pretend to combine learning Mandarin and learning about this species, watch this video. There is also the usual article about the first sighting of the species at a new location. If you want to guess the name of this species, please follow my instructions. How exciting. Take out a magnifying glass. Here they are.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

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“Gamebirds” to some, cool, cryptic understory birds to the birding people, grouse crouch protected as unfettered winds sway the top of the tall prairie grass. Even so, he still knew many species and always yearned to learn about the wildlife he encountered. The remaining four species are the most grouse-like of the bunch.

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Best Dad Award!

4 The Love Of Animals

He protects his pups, plays with them, brings their mother food, and takes over to cuddle them when their mother takes a break. The “Best Dad” winner has fathered several litters through the years, showing these amazing parenting skills each time. Simon and his offspring are all doing great and can be seen in the SeaWorld shows.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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Upon arrival we were given strict and non-flexible rules: never go even one inch off the ice paths, never allow the tiniest piece of litter to escape, never interact in any way with the wildlife, and cause absolutely no environmental damage. The justification was ridiculously laughable: in order to further study the species.

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Willie Creek

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We have previously called these birds Beach Thick-knees , but as with so many species around the world in recent years they have had their names changed. We had not seen any yet this year and inspired by the post on the Senegal Thick-knee we realised there was an opportunity to add one more bird to my year list !

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Falakhe’s Story

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Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Her concern was well founded.

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