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Here’s the new bird family tree. It’s amazing.

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2014), presents an authoritative framework for our understanding of and future work on bird phylogeny. Now it’s late 2014, six and a half years later, and here’s what we know today. American Flamingo photo by Dick Culbert). In 2008, Nick Sly published a review of Hackett et al. Open Jarvis et al.’s Jarvis et al.

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Petcam; The World Through the Lens of Our Four Legged Friends

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Or even a chicken? To enter just leave a comment on this post before midnight November 30, 2014. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the world from the perpective of your dog or cat? What about a cow? Pet Cam: The World Through the Lens of Our Four-Legged Friends is full of wonderful photos from animal photographers!

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Fancy Feasts (For Fabulous Floors)

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And because I adopted him as a 6-week-old kitten when I was 15 and he turns 17 in 2014, I have lived with him longer than I lived without him. Notice the little bit of chicken by his paw. In case you can’t already tell, I absolutely adore The Boy. In short, I’d do anything for him. Not a chance. He doesn’t even care!

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From Today's New York Times

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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. Chickens deserve to live humanely. ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' That’s the least farmers can do.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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But whatever birders think about falconry, someone is sure interested in reading about it – they’re lapping the stuff up, from Helen Macdonald’s big prizewinning kahuna of 2014, H is For Hawk, reviewed here , and further discussed here , to Big Brother: A Falconer’s Journey and the Healing Power of Wildlife , reviewed just a few weeks ago here.

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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

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610)) to a little history (“The elegant White-tailed Kite was formerly shot in large numbers by farmers who thought it threatened their chickens, although these birds feed almost entirely on insects and a few rodents” (p. 334) is how Black Skimmer is introduced). New York Times, March 11, 1996. link] Howell, Steve N.

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#DogProblems giveaway!

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Also, they have created a new hypoallergenic diet, Purina Veterinary Diets® HA Hydrolyzed™ Canine Chicken Flavor Formula. The giveaway will end on December 7th, 2014! They are also taking a humorous approach, creating some funny dog memes about common dog problems. You can find out more about it here. We want to see your meme!

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