AVMA News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Veterinarians and pet owners are reporting adverse events associated with the use of Librela, a drug made by Zoetis to manage osteoarthritis pain in dogs, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

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Dogs Pets 524

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2025

Apologies for this week’s late posting. I woke up in the middle of the night with a Blackbird (Turdus merula) persistently singing from a tree outside. It was five in the morning and sunrise was still three hours away. The noticeably increasing daylength after 21st December soon gets local birds into the mindset of breeding.

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Breeding Blackbirds Birds 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2025

In about five weeks, a group of thickly-clad birders carrying scopes, cameras, and binoculars will gather on the shore of Lake Michigan, at North Point Marina, Illinois, to be exact, near the Wisconsin border, and spend the day looking at gulls. And talking about gulls. And hearing a speaker, name of Amar Ayyash, talk about gulls.

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Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Groups 245

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? This is a lovely question and one that I have been asked many times before by guests on tour. “I love all the birds of the world”; is always my first answer to this question. However, I follow up with an explanation as to what may be considered my favorites.

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Kenya Washington Birds Groups 239

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2025

Responsible and Respectful Birding/Bird Photography in 2025: I was not planning to write a post on this topic, but a few days ago I found myself thumbing through a Social Media post on Birding and I thought some of what was being said was not in keeping with my own thoughts of what Ethical birding should be.

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