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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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E.g. I remember trying to enter my local scrubland once, just across the car park behind the last apartment building and there, awaiting me, was a territorial pack of stray dogs barking at an intruder – me. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. How did I know that?

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“How about Pineapple Gose-beak?” – Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose

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And, with all due apologies to those who have yet to acquire a taste for tartness, please bear with us and rest assured it won’t be long before we move into less summery fare. . For all its imposing reputation, German brewing has produced its fair share of forgotten relics. So it goes?

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. day, I had come home to a scraggy, skittish stray of my own. The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. I scrambled for a box.

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

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The intrepid could easily discover something totally unexpected if they stray from the beaten path…”. and to get my bearings I need some, however rough sketch of the area. In the Albertine endemics one, the authors claim that that this region “is one of the most fascinating areas for a birder to explore [and I fully agree].

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding. I saw the Cuckoo the second day of its visit.

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