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Terry, Ray, and Veronica’s Vulture

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As I carried him to the car I looked into a towering pine tree across the street, and at least 30 of his friends and family looked back at me. “He There was nothing broken, he was just very sore. He won’t be gone for long!” I called, with determined optimism.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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Monte in California agreed: “I’d like some time just to watch healthy wild families.”. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “That way I could turn it back and relive wonderful releases in slow motion, stop it and go take a nap, and fast forward it so any losses are just a blur.” Charitable Things.

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Thank a lemming

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A friend of mine saw a family of eight Ermine while hiking this past summer. The energy they expend will be sorely needed to get them through the winter and get them home to their breeding range up here. Arctic Foxes will have as many as 16 kits on good lemming years. Did I mention they’re fast?

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

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Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. It’s a unique title; twitchers and naturalists interested in migration will find it fascinating reading and valuable for future reference.

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Visiting Storm King Art Center

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We took a family outing up to that same Storm King Art Center, which is located about an hour north of New York City in Mountainville, Orange County, last weekend and had an absolute blast.

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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

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Rumor has it that the sorely-needed authoritative book on flycatchers is in the works…it can not be published quickly enough. Taxonomic tweakings and reshufflings of birds on the Family and Genus levels are too many to count. 6) Taxonomy. Whereas checklists used to start with loons, they now begin with waterfowl.

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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

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This latest addition to the ABA State Field Guide series is sorely needed in places like Wakodahatchee. Species Accounts in both titles are arranged loosely in ABA Checklist order, with some flipping around of order within each family. inches, the books can be easily carried in a large pocket or small backpack.

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