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Feeding a Fledgling Song Thrush

10,000 Birds

Food for a fledgling thrush is abundant in June with everything from ripe cherries on the trees to loads of snails crawling through the leaf litter. A diet of perfectly ripe cherries and escargot sounds great for humans and for a baby bird it is practically paradisaical.

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Birding In Low Places

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The water this Northern Pintail is in has human poo in it, which completely ruins the experience of seeing this bird. The first place I started birding a lot was a sewage treatment plant…I still equate the smell of human waste with great birds. Oh wait, it doesn’t. Radio Road, Redwood Shores, CA. I think you get my point.

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The Too-Friendly Scrub Jays of Cruickshank Sanctuary

10,000 Birds

To make truly fine Scrub-Jay habitat, such as what you find at Cruickshank, the area needs to be burned regularly, and years of fire suppression have done as much to limit the jays to small pockets of suitable habitat as the subdivisions and strip malls that litter Florida’s east coast. But honestly, part of that is a peanuts.

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Rambling

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I applaud responsibility, but please don’t litter.) Thinking, say, about the Ramble and its contested history, its constructed underpinnings, its role as both a facsimile and the real thing, a pocket-edition of something valued by a few landscape architects and their patrons now treasured and vital to so many, both human and avian.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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Upon arrival we were given strict and non-flexible rules: never go even one inch off the ice paths, never allow the tiniest piece of litter to escape, never interact in any way with the wildlife, and cause absolutely no environmental damage. How it is being affected by human intrusions? His answer surprised me. Who its predators were?

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Earth Day for Pets!

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We humans aren’t the only ones who can “go green&# ! Kay-Kob bedding and litter from Kaytee. Just look at all the wonderful products for pets (and people with pets). Bissell 1400B Little Green Multi-Purpose Compact Earth-Friendly Deep Cleaner. The Skooper Box , from Metropawlis. Organic Cotton printed tees from EcoPup.

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Going Green is Always in Fashion

4 The Love Of Animals

LOUIS, March 29, 2010 – To celebrate Earth Day and the millions of cat owners across the country who make good green choices for their cats, home and environment all year-round, Yesterday’s News® brand cat litter is announcing the Do-Gooder Design Challenge. Do-Gooder Handbag Design Contest. The event will be free and open to the public.

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