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Invasive Species Week Wrap-Up

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Perhaps our outrage at invasive species can be a bit hypocritical at times. Listers are quick to put aside their condemnation of invasive species once they attain that coveted status of exotic: not native, not fully naturalized, but established well enough to be countable by the prevailing authority. That’s where we come in.

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Africa – Birding down Memory Lane

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The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club. Under that impossibly blue sky of Africa.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

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26 Hours in Dubai

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On the ground Yellow Wagtails dart around with Isabelline Wheatears, Laughing Doves and the larger Hoopoes, Cattle Egrets , and Grey Francolins , while in the bushes or fliying around are Bank Mynas , White-cheeked Bulbuls , Collared Pranticole and Marsh Harriers. All in all a pretty sweet spot.

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26 Hours in Dubai

10,000 Birds

On the ground Yellow Wagtails dart around with Isabelline Wheatears, Laughing Doves and the larger Hoopoes, Cattle Egrets , and Grey Francolins , while in the bushes or fliying around are Bank Mynas , White-cheeked Bulbuls , Collared Pranticole and Marsh Harriers. All in all a pretty sweet spot.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not? Animals in nature don’t need to be controlled by a species that has such difficulty in controlling itself. Animals in nature don’t need to be controlled by a species that has such difficulty in controlling itself.

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Camooweal, Queensland

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Black-fronted Dotterels , Magpie-larks and Willie Wagtails ran along the muddy edges where there was evidence of feral pigs. Camooweal may be a small outback town, but it has numerous bird species to enchant you before you head either 190 kilometres/118 miles east towards Mt Isa or 470 kilometres/292 miles west to Tennant Creek.

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