F/9.0, 1/320, ISO 250. Semipalmated Sandpipers What never asks questions but receives a lot of answers? The Telephone. Interesting Fact: The oldest recorded Semipalmated Sandpiper was at least 14 years, 2 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in New Brunswick. ( https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Semipalmated_Sandpiper/overview ) via We Are Looking At You! — Through …
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I so love this time of year, when spring-floweing shrubs and trees explode with colour along streets and sidewalks, and in so many gardens. Who can resist iheir intoxicating fragrances as they waft gently through the air. Lilacs are my favourite.
Just gorgeous, at their peak in Parry Sound earlier this week.
Parry Sound harbour this morning.
A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/spanish-flu-pandemic-1918-forgetting-100-million-deaths?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
How ancestors of living birds survived asteroid strike - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44226534
Accommodating some 3800 animals from more than 160 species, on a surface of about 300 hectares, Sigean (Aude, south of France, close to Spanish border) is a different type of zoo, where you can drive through the large enclosures, or you can walk outside others, in total covering at least half a day and in […] …
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By Kristin Hugo as published on Newsweek The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently proposed a series of options that would drastically reduce the number of mustangs on public lands. Some horse lovers think the plan would be too effective and wipe out the animals completely. The options include offering people $1,000 each to adopt …
The Northern Herper 
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