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82-foot-long “Rescue Rig” on Way to Missouri

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Following the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, Missouri, American Humane Association has mobilized its famed Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team to help the animal victims there. The Red Star team will also be assisting at the Emergency Animal Shelter.

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A Post Chock-full of Bird News

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Researchers studying the Fork-tailed Drongo (like the one above spotted by Redgannet) found that these birds essentially “cry wolf” to steal the food of others. Scientists at the University of Missouri report that most deaths of young birds happen in the first few weeks after fledging.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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Russell National Wildlife Refuge , more than a million acres of prairie, badlands, coulees, and the massive Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri River. In the winters the snow lies heavy and researchers travel in and out by small plane. The tussocks are badgers, the stones are grouse until they fails to fly away.

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Why You Should See The Big Year When It Opens

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Money will spill over to sponsor research projects, money to support nature centers, money to fund education. so… since I am from the state of Missouri: Show Me. The bird artist who would like to make a decent living will be able to better compete against the few bird artists currently remaining financially successful.

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Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Southeastern North America and of Northeastern North America: A Review of Two Field Guides

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The Northeast goes as north as southern Ontario, Quebec, and North Brunswick, west to the western borders of Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri, and south to the southern borders or Missouri, Kentucky, and Virginia. The states covered in each guide are shown on the cover page in case you’re not sure if your area is covered.

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Eurasian Tree Sparrows from long ago

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Still, the tip was all I needed to jump online and do some quick research (and all praises to the internet for making such things possible!) Of course, no birder himself, he thought that the House Sparrows in his ivy were the birds in question. A helpful site gave me not only the block, but the very backyard to check!

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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

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The Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota covers over 1 million acres and is the largest grassland in the United States. Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants.