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Brooklyn alligator facing ‘long process’ as it continues its recovery at Bronx Zoo — Bronx Times

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Sharks in the water may be a given in some places; alligators too. But in New York City, they’re not thought of as common, which is why it was such a shock when an alligator was found and saved from a lake in Brooklyn last month.

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It’s never too early to plan for closing your practice

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Closing a veterinary practice is a complex process regulated by state law and moral obligations that owners should familiarize themselves with sooner rather than later.

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Gruesome Photos of Japanese Whale "Processing"

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This is just yucky to look at. There's a warning that this is not for the squeamish.

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Pet Foster Care Helps To Smooth Adoption Process

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Serving as a pet foster parent is an excellent way to welcome a new animal companion into your home and help an animal in need. There are countless dogs and cats in shelters across the U.S. who need homes. every year.

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Savanna Nightjars prove that growing old is a process of becoming increasingly disillusioned

10,000 Birds

I am starting to feel my age. To be clear, in my early 40′s I really am not complaining. However, I feel the wind of an increasingly fast downhill ride in my face now: I notice that I should probably get myself some reading glasses soon. My left knee occasionally hurts after a long day in the field.

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Breaking News About Ducks’ Decision Making Process

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Who would’ve thunk it ?

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More Adorable Paw Paintings done by my Sweet Rats! Last 2 pics show the process of paw and smoosh painting!

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submitted by /u/Shadowtherat [link] [comments].

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A Slacker’s Guide to Bird Photography (Part Two)

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I promised you that this week I would give some tips for processing your photos. Sometimes post-processing can only make an unusable photo useful enough for achieving a reliable ID. So learning to brighten or darken your image in post-processing is key to getting a pleasing and highly-usable photo.

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Baby Bird Identification: A North American Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The chapters preceding the Species Accounts are important for rehabilitation identification: texts on baby bird anatomy and development, the importance of bird identification to the rehab process, and a systematic identification process.

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Birding the Yinggehai Salt Flats, Hainan

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If you wonder how such a self-referential and obscure joke survived the editing process for this blog post, the explanation is simple: There is no editing process). At least, it does not have to pretend to like wine, unlike its relative, the Spotted Redshank. (If

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Improving Your Dog’s Health with Regular Grooming

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Relax Your Dog: It’s important to give your dog lots of affection throughout the grooming process to help them relax. If you’re tense through the grooming process your dog will pick this up and feel nervous as well. Take a Bath: If your dog is particularly dirty, make sure it’s bathed before you begin the clipping process.

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Lovely by the Lake

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But I didn’t do a very good job with the follow-up tasks: processing my photos, completing my reports, and writing about them in this site. The fall of 2022 turned out to be a good time for birding and me.

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A Bit of Birding on Lake Chapala

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What I often did not manage was to process my photos, attach them to my eBird reports, and then write about them here. (My wife stayed there four more weeks than I could, so I also ended up holding down the fort alone here during those weeks.) For the most part, I was still able to get my birding in during these recent months.

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Another Look

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Here’s the awkwardly composed and heavily processed resulting image. Alas, I must wait for another opportunity. Thankfully I had seen it earlier this year and there were no powerlines around that time.

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Myiarchus Mysteries

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In the field, the real-time evaluation process can take significantly longer, especially if the visuals are less than ideal. In forest (particularly lowland) and mangrove swamps on both islands, one can find a Brown-crested Flycatcher or two. The perfect situation of course is for the birds to vocalize, as each is quite distinct.

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Not Where I Expected Them

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Ever since we left home, I have been grabbing whatever bits of time I can find to process all the photos I have taken, and then determine which previously unknown species they reveal. My lifer list for this odyssey is up to 38 species — no, wait, there are those Crested Larks I have yet to work into a list; make that 39.

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Striking Gold in Costa Rica

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The gull has taken up a happy, seemingly retired residence in and around small fish processing shops. The gull has taken up a happy, seemingly retired residence in and around small fish processing shops. The big coastal gull has been living in Puntarenas for a few years now and Paul needed it for his already extensive Costa Rica list.

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Beljarica Backwaters are finally protected!!

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in the process forgetting why is that place important to me and why I love to be there. Then I spent years explaining to the wider public why that wetland is important to us all (protection from floods, cleaner water, oxygen production, CO2 sink, biodiversity, e.g. 180 species of birds/150 of them strictly protected, etc.),

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Now You’re Just Showing Off

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Nacho is a new birder, and I am still in the process of showing him my best spots. Since my botanist friend Nacho (Ignacio) was on vacation, I did back-to-back major birding outings with him. As it happens, I had not gone out at all the week before, so I gave myself special permission.

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Guest Post: Understanding Pet Food Labels

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Pet food may be highly processed and still be considered “natural”. Minimize Processed Foods – Every processing step reduces the nutritional value of the ingredient, and introduces risk of contamination. Canned food is highly processed, but may not contain the high levels of preservatives found in dry food.

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Rocky & Bella, Inc. earns National Animal Supplement Quality Seal

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Rocky & Bella is demonstrating its commitment to quality ingredients and manufacturing processes with its new, natural pet supplement, Spark,” Howard said. “It’s Dr. Jordan said that most pet foods are highly processed and lack vital nutrients pets need to thrive. Learn more about Spark at [link] and request a free sample.

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2017 Bird Images

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This process starts out with about 60 photos. Then the culling process begins. These 12 images must be decided upon by November 1st, in order to get them to the printer in the US, printed, and then shipped back to me here in Mexico. First cut, second cut, third cut, and then, the final.

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The Fallen Yellowlegs

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Elephants, peccaries, and corvids have all been documented processing the death of (as we put it) a loved one. Or was it all dumb luck, the randomness of nature at play, pure coincidence? Animals obviously see death and experience it as we do, so the question is not one of if, but of how.

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Big Brother: A Falconer’s Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife; by Rodney Stotts with Kate Pipkin

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Not familiar with the falconry world, I had no idea how rigorous the apprenticeship and training process is, from building your own aviary to a commitment to conservation. .” This was not the first, nor the last moment of connection between Stotts and the avian world.

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The Eagle’s Rebirth. Yep. Seriously.

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Then the eagle is left with only two options: die, or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days. The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountaintop and sit on its nest. 3) Every year (usually) eagles molt and grow a whole new set of feathers, whether they want to or not, but it’s a gradual process.

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Terrible News. US Supreme Court Strikes Down California "Downer Cow" Law

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At issue was whether federal regulations dealing with inspection of domesticated animals about to be killed, processed, and sold for human consumption preempted -- or nullified -- California Penal Code 599f. The FMIA expressly preempts such a state law.".

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Ladybug Love Run to benefit Rock & Rawhide!

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Sign up for a super fun “run” anywhere in the world with other animal lovers, and help a truly great cause in the process. Do you enjoy running, biking, or walking? You can be anywhere in the world to take part, any distance, any way to help shelter animals!!

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Mistletoebird breeding update

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He is supposed to help out at that stage of the breeding process. He often lands high up in a nearby tree and looks down. He will have to start to pull his weight once the chicks start demanding food! Male Mistletoebird. When the female Mistletoebird returns to the nest she dives straight in and then turns around and faces outwards.

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A Slacker’s Guide to Bird Photography (Part One)

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format, they are already compressed, which takes up less memory space, but severely limits your ability to improve the image in post-processing. And we slacker photographers often need to do a LOT of post-processing. (I’ll Next week, I will give some tips for processing your photos when you get home. Don’t do it!

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Nanhui, Shanghai in early spring 2020

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Others have wintered here and are now in the process of leaving for the summer, such as the Black-faced Spoonbill – already in breeding plumage so as to not waste any time once arriving in Northern China. The Reed Parrotbill is at Nanhui year-round, though it is much more visible in spring.

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Increasing Intervals

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I have no idea if my mathematical suppositions hold any water at all – birding is an extremely randomized process and that is the allure of it all. Or would it be tomorrow, unexpectedly stealing my breath as I scramble for binoculars or camera?

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Lady Luck’s Pendulum

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Experiences like this underscore the importance of always trusting the process, we never know what is coming our way or what we will ultimately cross paths with. All the while it moved a grand total of three times – vastly differing from all my prior experiences with this species!

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Like American Dog Rescue, Help Pets!

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Spread the word, let’s help them reach their goal and help pets in the process! Pro Football Hall of Famer Marshall Faulk has recently joined in as a spokesman for this cause and filmed a public service announcement with Mr. Benjamin. Please take a few seconds to “like&# the American Dog Rescue Facebook page.

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Long-tailed Finches like dripping taps

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The goanna was in the process of changing its skin and the reason for the mottled look. On one visit we were surprised that all of the Long-tailed Finch were in the nearby trees and not at the watering point. It was not immediately obvious why. Then we realised that there was a well camouflaged goanna getting a drink! Goanna getting a drink.

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Dog Diabetes

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This is because excess glucose in the body cannot process normally in the bloodstream. This in turn causes extreme thirst, which starts the vicious process all over again. The most common symptoms are frequent urination and excessive water consumption. Your dog’s body will then try to rid the glucose through urination.

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The Warbler Brewery – Skylight Double India Pale Ale

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The other is a “cryo” version of the ever-popular Citra hop, which is cryogenically processed at extremely low temperatures to preserve and concentrate its namesake citrus and tropical fruit characteristics. One is a robust new hop named Sabro that was only developed in 2018 and which features a complex blend of fruit and herbal flavors.

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Peterson Guide to Bird Identification—In 12 Steps: A Book Review

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Howell and Sullivan have taken apart the identification process and turned it around, placing macro aspects first in importance (location, habitat, season), followed by situational factors (lighting, distance), behavior of the bird (what it is doing and how it sounds), and, finally, what the bird looks like (structure, plumage, variation).

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Socializing Your Canine Companion: How to Properly Socialize Your Dog

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Proper socialization is an intensive training process. The Socialization Process of Your Dog. Well-socialized dogs are calm and unaggressive even in stressful situations. But socialization involves a lot more than just introducing your dog to a few random strangers every few weeks. How Socialization For Your Dog Works. Large crowds.

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Young Thrushes

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On a recent walk through the Main Ridge Forest Reserve in Tobago we saw a few thrushes that were still in the process of learning their environment and exploring their world and this got me thinking of all the young thrushes I had the pleasure of knowing throughout my life. Clearly a maddening situation for any right-thinking thrush.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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GISS—general impression, size, shape—is intuitive, the result of an unconscious cognitive process derived from experience in the field. It is a lot easier to describe physical things, which is what field guides do, then to describe a cognitive process, which is what bird identification is. It still sounds like intuition to me.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Undeterred, they summarize their results with an upbeat call for more research: “Despite our inability to detect patterns of vigilance for other flock members, we emphasize the importance of studies to elucidate such a process.” ” I wish I had this kind of optimism. “Do you think I’m Sexy?

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Changing Bird Names (Again)

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The guidelines that apply to name changes were barely discussed, nor was there any discussion of the process by which scores of names might be changed, or whether the NACC has the bandwidth to change dozens of bird names on top of its other work. Did the process work?) Is ornithology more inclusive?

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Help SeaWorld Orlando Name Gentoo Chick

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Many of the chicks are currently residing behind-the-scenes in a penguin nursery until they fledge, which is the process of losing their baby down and growing their waterproof feathers. All 15 chicks are under the watchful eye of the SeaWorld Orlando Aviculture Team, who monitor the chicks’ growth closely and provide routine feedings.

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