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First White-Tailed Tropicbird Sighted in Connecticut

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This began the rehabilitation of the first recorded sighting of a White-tailed Tropicbird in the state of Connecticut! I called Dr. Erica Miller from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware for some advice. After the bird had been stabilized, I needed to decide what my next step was.

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“Rise and Rise Again” – Connecticut Valley Brewing Company: Sherwood Double New England Style India Pale Ale

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An enigmatic line of text emblazoned across the can of this week’s featured beer – the Sherwood Double New England India Pale Ale from Connecticut Valley Brewing Company – implores us to “Rise and Rise Again”. I can’t imagine they were expecting anyone to research the line as much as I now regret doing!

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Learning the Birds: A Book Review

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I like the journalistic flavor added by these interviews.

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Bubbles the Chimp Resurfaces

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I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility. Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. He got too aggressive to live with Jackson's kids.

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House Bill to Prevent Primates as Pets

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Consideration of the needed legislation comes just one week after a woman was critically injured in a vicious chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Connecticut - leaving no doubt that the danger of nonhuman primates in homes and to communities must be addressed. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.

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North American Songbirds: A Book Review

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A little research revealed that these are old names of birds that have been split into different species. (This concept has been totally transformed into the ‘birding app’, which allows birders to view and hear specific birds from their smart phones or other digital appliances wherever they may be. But, that technology is for another article.)

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have—an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined 1. Click on graph for large sized image. No surprise here: They fly away.

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