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Calling All Birders: Come To Hog Island!

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Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. En route, the teenagers were chatting away when suddenly I screamed “Eagles!”, Soon the girls emerged. Bald Eagles ,” I said encouragingly/defensively/lamely.

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Paradise Shelducks (Tadorna variegata)

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This is brought about by a visit to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary/Zealandia, where I was able to catch up with the ducklings that I first saw back in the spring. Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck.

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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From the Farm Sanctuary. For 25 years, Farm Sanctuary has relied on the Walk to support its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty and inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals. Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for nearly 1,000 rescued farm animals.

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Bubbles the Chimp Resurfaces

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Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. They are wild creatures and their psychology must suffer from these abnormal arrangements. But I thought he was at an animal sanctuary? He got too aggressive to live with Jackson's kids. This is not surprising. Who will benefit from all this?

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Actress Lilly Tomlin Calls on Seattle Woodland Park Zoo to Release Elephants to Sanctuary

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Addressing supporters and the media at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Tomlin said elephants in zoos across the country are suffering in confinement. Lilly Tomlin is in Seattle and spoke out about the conditions of elephants at the Woodland Park Zoo on behalf of the Northwest Animal Rights Network (NARN).

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What is a Jackbird?

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Like the Huia and kokako the Saddlebacks suffered with the introduction of mammalian predators, and in fact the South Island Saddleback came breath-takingly close to extinction. Today the South Island Saddleback is increasing in numbers as the Department of Conservation moves them around offshore sanctuaries. Bonus bath shots!

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. It’s a funny, suspenseful road trip with lots of wildlife.