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Swarovski NL Pure – the Sexiest Binoculars Ever

10,000 Birds

When I saw the NL Pure in a webinar for the first time, immediately – before the webinar ended, I asked my Swarovski sales rep for a pair to test. I kept them in my backpack until yesterday, didn’t want to hold them, to get any impressions… I wanted to test them as a tabula rasa (a clean slate). And today I did.

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Getting the Bill – Taste, Touch and Smell in Birds

10,000 Birds

Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. Aptly called the tube-nosed birds, on account of their raised and highly visible nostrils, these species are able to hone in on oceanic food from several miles away, based on smell alone. Ducks are the avian leaders of bill touch.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Mallard duck, Anas platyrhynchos.

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4 Forever Changes Transforming B2B Revenue Activities

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Instead, they bring in an entirely new set of sellers to determine the feasibility of such a move, as well as test the best messaging, content assets, skills, touch patterns and technology for their company and go-to-market strategy. In some cases, companies that previously only had field. This data shows where each salesperson is struggling.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp! From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4 18 Responses to “Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

10,000 Birds

This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Ducks, like these Chiloe Wigeon , are infamous for their violent, sometimes forced copulations.

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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

10,000 Birds

In a recent study , a team of French researchers set out to test whether a drone’s color, speed, and angle of approach affected different groups of birds. This raises the question of whether or not drones can cause serious harm to birds. So far, there aren’t any reports of bird deaths caused by drones.

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