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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of March 2014)

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Patrick’s Day by doing more than donning green didn’t “celebrate” so much this weekend that you’re suffering today. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Hopefully, those of you who observe St. What was your best bird of the weekend?

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Varied Sittellas at Langi Crossing

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Presbycusis is age-related hearing loss in humans, but I have also discovered that birds, fish and amphibians do not experience presbycusis due to the fact that they can regenerate their cochlear sensory cells. It turns out there is a word for this condition-presbycusis.

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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments

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If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. My personal philosophy is that millions of animals shouldn't suffer on anyone's behalf, especially when they do so against their will.

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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys

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Another animal experiment I would not support as a US taxpayer. If we are going to subject animals to great suffering (radiation for heaven's sake), don't let it be for something like this. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are calling attention to it. Of what benefit is this to humanity in the here and now?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of June 2013)

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Summer, the season that we in the Northern Hemisphere are currently enjoying or suffering depending on your latitude and state of mind, is a time when birds often take a backseat to other diversions. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Aren’t we lucky?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of September 2013)

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Here in Western NY, we suffered a 40 point swing in temperature over two days; one moment, you’re enjoying drinks by the pool and the next finds you wrapped in a shawl sipping got cocoa. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. September is as unpredictable as a month can be.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

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It was bit of a traumatic experience for me and I vowed to never own an animal again. That said, below are some really good choices allergy-sufferers should consider adopting: 1. When I was 12-years-old, my 6 pound Chihuahua was involved in a tragic fatal accident. About 15 years later I finally began to have a change of heart.

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