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APHIS bolsters regulations against horse soring

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In an effort to end horse soring at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced April 29 that it is strengthening Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2020)

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If your neck is sore from being on a swivel this weekend, may I suggest swiveling with your hips to get through the rest of the month? Any time of year that features skies filled with birds pretty much all day demands attention pretty much all day.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of February 2014?

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Fortunately, some fresh diversions beckon… I can afford to stay inside where it’s toasty and warm this weekend, because I have two editions of the Sibley Guide to compare and contrast (although the word contrast may be a sore point with the newer edition). How about you?

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New Year, New Birds

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While all good birders were out making first submissions on eBird 2015 , I was nursing a sore head and struggled to make it out by mid-afternoon. In fact, 2015 dawned without me (I am ashamed to admit). But God loves a sinner it would appear.

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Birding: Special Lockdown Edition

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Some sorely needed comic relief came via a Japanese Tit. If I remember correctly, I once read something by a British birder spotting a rare Olive-backed Pipit somewhere in the UK. He marveled at the exquisite beauty of the bird. Hard for me to understand, to be honest, but then the bird is very common here in winter.

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Terry, Ray, and Veronica’s Vulture

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There was nothing broken, he was just very sore. As I carried him to the car I looked into a towering pine tree across the street, and at least 30 of his friends and family looked back at me. “He He won’t be gone for long!” I called, with determined optimism. He stayed with me for three weeks, resting and healing.

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Vulture vs. Bunny

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I thought he might be sore from banging into something, plus he was thin, so I simply planned to let him rest and gain weight in a large crate in our screened-in porch. He had no fractures or visible injuries. He was incredibly cute.

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