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A special Pied Oystercatcher

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During some shorebird counts he was observed there in July 2008, June 2009, June 2010 and then in 2011 he was observed back in Roebuck Bay on one occasion and also back with the main flock to the south. It was quite an emotional home-coming for me as I sat with the other shorebirds at high tide in the 38c heat.

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Deadline Approaching for Animal Essays

Animal Person

" Creative Nonfiction is seeking essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. The postmark deadline is April 2, 2010." We're looking for stories from a variety of viewpoints. Submission guidelines are here : PASS IT ON.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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This is a topic fraught with the danger of cliche, but Rogers knows how to use the essay form to tell a good story and convey the magic of emotional and worldview change. In Learning the Birds: A Midlife Adventure , Susan Fox Rogers offers a series of elegantly written essays on learning to bird.

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Reiki for Animals by Tim Link

4 The Love Of Animals

When there is a physical or emotional issue within the body, the chakras will become blocked and energy will not flow properly. Reiki works to alleviate the emotional and physical issues within animals and humans, bringing harmony and balance.??Sometimes, Reiki helps balance animals physically, mentally and emotionally.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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We start with Lendrum being arrested in 2010 at the Birmingham (U.K.) (The progression could be said to echo that of an earlier book about an obsessive nature criminal, The Orchard Thief by Susan Orlean, which started out as an article in The New Yorker.). Author Joshua Hammer. photo credit: Cordula Krämer).

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One Year Under El Jefferino

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Reading much of the online discussion during the Summer of 2010, one might have reasonably concluded that the birding world was composed largely of staunch ABA critics and people interested in following the minutiae of its internal workings. What was the most surprising thing you learned upon taking the presidency?

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. Kingbird Highway is a great read because it is also a classic story of a young man growing up. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect. Forthcoming U.S.

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