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Is it humane to mark turtle shells with paint

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Every year on our camping trip to Crystal lake Montana we go catching turtles because it’s just a really fun family tradition, normally one of my cousins would bring nail polish and we mark our initials on the shell so we can know if we catch the same ones years after.

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Camas and Cranes

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Highway 12, as it takes you from Montana into Idaho, has been the road to some of my greatest adventures during my time here. There were few places not marked by the camas, except the creek itself and a few small glacial boulders that rose up from the ground like old gray turtles. But the highlight, of course, was the camas fields.

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Collaborative list – March 2021

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Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143. Checklists came in from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Costa Rica and Australia) and brought the year list for 2021 so far to 1143.

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Rambling

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Last week was spring break at the University of Montana, and so, for me, a chance for a brief flying visit back east. Yesterday, there were none. Today, Tree Swallows are here, flashing light and dark above the river. Now, let’s back up. Though spring migration is only just starting to ramp up there, of course I had to visit the Ramble.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. Ruddy Quail-Dove – Geotrygon montana. Thus, shorter, pithier posts will be the fibre of things for the rest of the year. Remember you can always access the full profile here and every link below is active, so go explore. World Month List. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Skala Fourkas.

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Collaborative list – Year list 2020

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The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Ruddy Quail-Dove – Geotrygon montana. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. White-browed Shortwing – Brachypteryx montana. Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. Tree Pipit – Anthus trivialis. Al-Shaheed Park. 04 May 2019. Indian Silverbill – Euodice malabarica.

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