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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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When I came here for the first time in 2014, I stayed at the Limneo B&B in the Chrisochorafa Village and met its owner, Nikos Gallios. Nikos managed to show us the incubating Cattle Egrets, of which only 2 or 3 pairs breed in this enormous heronry, counting up to 9000 pairs back in 2014. What should I expect?

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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!

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Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) Naish, D., & Dyke, G. Science , 345 (6196 ), 562–566. doi:10.1126/science.1252243.

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Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

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According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist. Apparently, in some regions where Cattle Egrets do not primarily associate with cattle but with other animals, their name in the local language changes accordingly.

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Persistence Pays Off For Burrowing Owls

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This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. 2 Menzel, Sandra, “ An Assessment of Artificial Burrows for Burrowing Owls in Northern California ” (2014).Master’s The other two tunnels dead end inside the nesting chamber. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179.,

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review

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In other words, if you look up Cattle Egret, you will find a reference to its species account and its inclusion in the box on Identification of White Egrets. National Geographic Society, October 2014. The sidebars and large migration maps are not indexed (nor listed in the Table of Contents, which is purely by family). 744pages; 10.1

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Chickens deserve to live humanely.

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The return of the Banded Lapwing

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Well, we then thought to ourselves that we would not see one again until 2014. The four Banded Lapwings were in amongst the cattle at the edge of the road and several Australian Pratincole were also present. We remained in our car and took several photographs of this amazing discovery-did they not know they were scheduled for 2014?

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