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Birding the Eshowe area, South Africa

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While it also eats dead meat and carcasses like its relatives, its favorite food is palm nuts. Then, in 2018, other researchers did DNA testing on the sample specimen and found it was just an ordinary Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird with some kind of slight color mutation ( source ). And it gets kind of grumpy if these are not available.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Diet: From Worms To Chicken Thighs

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This discussion about red-shoulders comes up from time to time and it throws people off, “Wait, hawks are raptors, they should be going for meat!” Above is a photo Art Drauglis captured of a red-shoulder making off with meat put out for Marabou Storks at the Washington D.C.

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Feral Pigeons World Wide

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The explanation said: „dovecote – fresh meat in case of siege“. In turn, those domestic pigeons were the first domesticated birds ever, bred for their meat from wild Rock Pigeons (or Rock Doves) in the Middle East some 6000 years ago. At the top of the tallest tower, there was one small tower with many holes.

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Purina Beyond Giveaway

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We recently received a sample of the new Purina Beyond dog food (and we have some bags to give away for cats or dogs, so be sure to keep reading). Real meat, poultry, or fish is the number 1 ingredient. We were excited about this new product because it is full of natural ingredients.

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Giveaway: Taste of the Wild

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It’s made with real roasted meats and supplemented with fruits and vegetables, which means superior taste sensation, highly digestible energy and natural antioxidants to support a healthy immune system and overall health.

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Giveaway!

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One lucky winner will get three sample bags of the adult dry formula of Chicken Soup for a Pet Lover’s Sou l pet food; a $30 gift card to PetFoodAuthority.com and a copy of the Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul book.

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Smattering Sunday

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To determine whether it was the Ami or kibble in general I snatched some samples of Wellness and she had the same issue. Try not to think about the "meat" being "raised" and the "it." When I bought it she hadn't had kibble in a very long time and she'd devour it only to vomit it back up five minutes later.