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Perch Wars

10,000 Birds

In April of this year, I had the crazy idea of submitting this article to 10,000 Birds for their consideration. One heron had the good sense to abandon his quest quickly. Since I will still be enjoying my last couple of days in Spain on this week’s deadline, I thought it might be the moment to share it with all of you.

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Fear Of The Dark

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I though her to be a silent type, perhaps tired of flying and jet lag, but it never ever occurred to me that my female guest may be worried when passing closed and abandoned communist era factories. later confirmed in an email: “Like I said in the article, I felt comfortable after about 10 minutes.

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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

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While preparing an article this week for a local newspaper on the nighttime denizens of Tobago, it crossed my mind that I never considered owls as a group, far less target species for any particular outing (except for a select few, upon which I shall expound here). This resulted in my only photograph of this species to date.

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Introduction to Winter Sparrows of South Florida

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Since the bulk of sparrow migration is upon us, these three are the focus of this article. The months of November and March are perhaps the best months to look for sparrows in southeast Florida, when the species treated in this article are joined by less common migrants (?)

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According to their Kind

10,000 Birds

Knowing what a sparrow is is kind of easy. Knowing what a Lincoln’s Sparrow is is kind of hard (I missed it on the Master Naturalist quiz, to my chagrin.)

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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” It is not hard to find other examples of articles that Williams has written that have similar statements about him being an editor-at-large for Audubon. On 14 March, 2013, the Orlando Sentinel published an opinion piece by Ted Williams under the headline “Trap, neuter, return programs make feral-cat problem worse.”

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Some Good News In NJ Farm Animals Case

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“Although the court noted that these practices are controversial and that downed animals ‘suffer greatly,’ it found the record on appeal insufficient to warrant striking the regulations at this time,” explains an article from the Environmental News Service.