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When Choosing A Pup, Research ‘Breeds’ Results

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Here are some things to consider when comparing different dog breeds: • Do you live in an apartment or a house with a small backyard? If so, make sure to get a breed that plays nice with both. Vet bills can be extremely expensive, so insurance is worthwhile depending on the breed and age of your potential dog.

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It’s time for a new understanding of tanagers

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” But the tanager brand is changing. The word “ tanager ” conjures certain images for most of us birder types. Maybe words like “colorful,” “beautiful,” “fruit,” and “tree.” We’re learning we’ve got to expand our idea of what it means to be a tanager.

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This Week in Bird News: Hawaiian Edition

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Currently extinct in the wild , the species is the subject of an intensive breeding program in captivity, and hopes are high to release some birds back into their native Hawaiian habitat later this year. On the other hand, things are looking up, slowly, for the Hawaiian Crow (like the one above photographed by Jack Jeffrey for the U.S.

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Highly recommended – Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide

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When you spot a brand new bird identification guide, especially for your home region – in this case, Europe – reaching for it comes naturally. And a highly recommendable book it is, there is no doubt about it. The important characters successfully stand out in bold letters. Regarding maps, they tend to be on a smallish side.

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Birding Singapore

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I was just thinking that tailorbird might be a good brand name for a cheap line of men’s clothing. The story is similar for the Red-breasted Parakeet – native and Near Threatened in Thailand and surrounding countries, but with an established breeding population in Singapore, quite likely established from escapees.

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Why Birders Dig Darwin

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Sometimes we have good days where we discover a long-lost friend or a brand-new one. These tanagers breed only with each other, eschewing the company of parrots, warblers, and even other groups of tanagers, some of which are really, really beautiful. Every member of this gene pool is recognized as a stripe-headed tanager.

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. And if that’s not enough good news for you, this just in: a brand-new bird species (the Cambodian Tailorbird , one of only two endemics in the country) has been discovered living right in Cambodia’s capitol city of Phnom Penh !

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