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I Get Back

10,000 Birds

My first experience birding was as a teenager back in the 70s, when birding meant a pair of binoculars, a couple of bird feeders, and a smallish field guide (book). But time, apparently, heals all wounds, and this August I went back to discover that while Pino Real may never again be what it once was, it is still good.

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle. We stopped, wound down the window and started making squeaking sounds by rubbing our fingers over our teeth. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars.

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Animal Rights Activists Attack Berkeley Vet

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Hey Gregory, time to become a real vet and help sick and wounded animals recover; not ensure the smooth functioning of the torture chambers by assisting vivisectors in callous and fraudulent experiments on fourty-thousand beautiful, innocent beings per year.

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Bird Banding the Dry Tortugas

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Of the ten students, two had gone on the trip the year before and one had experience with the Sooty Terns, meaning 30% of us knew what we were doing, and 70% had zero idea. When I say “cut,” I mean paper-cut sized wounds here. Now, I don’t want anyone in the blogging audience to be alarmed. Oh, the lessons of bird banding.

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Lost on the Space Coast

10,000 Birds

As I slowly wound around the first few pull-offs I found little of note. Sure, they weren’t sitting on my head or eating out of my hand like other birders experience, but I’ll take it. Beggars and choosers and whatnot. The ponds were dry as a bone, appealing only to the Killdeer that scrambled between muddy patches.

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Transit in Dubai

10,000 Birds

Security is taken very seriously in the aviation business and discretion is better than having to explain yourself to tightly wound security personnel. Please give a bit of feedback to improve the experiences of those who may follow you. Buy some local money before your arrival and ask for some small denominations.

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How a Farrier can treat a horse with club foot

4 The Love Of Animals

Chronic pain in horses can develop from other conditions such as osteochondrosis, degenerative joint disease, or from wounds and infection. When the horse experiences extreme pain it may not flex the leg properly causing the digital flexor tendon to contract. This position causes the horse to walk on its toe.

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