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Tribute to War Heroes…at Both Ends of the Leash

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Among the dogs being celebrated are three winners of the first-ever American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards™, presented by cesar® canine cuisine and broadcast nationwide by Hallmark Channel on Veterans Day, 11/11 at 8 pm ET/PT. “America’s military working dogs serve without question, without hesitation, and with great distinction.”.

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Dog Collars

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In situations where dogs were primarily guarding domestic animals, collars tended to have studs or spikes to frustrate the jaws of a marauding wolf. Training collars should always be used with an observant human present to prevent accidental harm. Dogs owned by royalty or other elites tended to be ornate and decorative.

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Nice, Nice Birding in Narita

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Also ever-present were crows, and soon I could tell the difference between Carrion and Large-billed Crow. Also present in a great flock were handsome Oriental Greenfinches. This terrific waterway, flanked with paths and studded with stepping stone bridges, is home to a lot of Eastern Spot-billed Ducks and Eurasian Teals.

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Campbell Park, Canberra

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Australia’s capital, set in the eucalypt-studded Great Dividing Ranges, has not got a fantastic reputation as an exciting place to be, but in truth its an attractive garden city with a lot of green spaces, parks, and other pleasant paces that make it a nice place to live. A bit into the walk I encountered a large mixed flock of birds.

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The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – and Us: A Book Review

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Prum has had a long, productive, award-studded ornithological career, a chaired professor of ornithology at Yale and recipient of a prized MacArthur fellowship. In a voice that is friendly but unceasingly adamant, Prum presents questions, reasons out answers, finds holes in these answers, and then reasons things out some more.

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