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BBS Giveaway – Pet Fire Safety Awareness

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With a little bit of research and practice, you can have your plan down pat in an afternoon. To make it easier, we’ve assembled some great tips to help you whip your fire prevention strategy into shape! Carry Identification: Your dog’s collar and identification tags should be around their neck at all times.

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Terrifying Truth about Crow Intelligence

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I may have to quit blogging… Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Share Your Thoughts « Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Using the Birds of Peru field guide to identify a species of antshrike This course has three admirable objectives: To train the next generation of Neotropical bird researchers, both international and Peruvian, in efficient and standardised mist-netting, bird ringing/banding, and bird ageing skills. Hat-tip to Stella. Wicked, right?

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A Problem with Gulls

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It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. The adults always show more black and less white in the wing tips and this is especially obvious on the underwing which shows only a tiny amount of white. Yellow legs.

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Preparing Your Pup for a Trip to the Park

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With that in mind, here are a few key tips dog owners should remember before rushing out to the local dog park: Make sure your dog is up-to-date on his/her vaccinations before heading out. Following these tips will help make everyone’s experience at the dog park an enjoyable one. Tags: guest post. You can arrange play dates!

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. The clay consumed at the colpa contains chemicals that bind with these ingested alkaloids thus neutralizing their toxicity.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Hat-tip to Stella. Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Some of the birds are actually descendants of the ones seized. Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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