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Banded Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh, Queens, New York

10,000 Birds

Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. Dunlin in breeding plumage are sexy beasts. Eh, Semipalmated Sandpipers. Even a blurred-out Dunlin in the background is more exciting.

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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died. Tags: books guest post. Blue likes it that way,” Cody says, “and so do I.”.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

10,000 Birds

Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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