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Surveys at the Ivanpah solar site in the Mojave predicted at most 32 desert tortoises, and crews then unearthed close to 1,000, halted construction for three months and spent 56 million dollars relocating them, with one juvenile carried off to an eagle nest, microchip still pinging

Before the bulldozers rolled into the Ivanpah Valley, in the California Mojave just short of the N…
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Wren perching on and entering its birdhouse. Taken with a tripod and stabilized in post in kdenlive

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We're experiencing a heatwave here the UK. Sadly, Henry and Celandine lost their nest yesterday, and they have parted. Henry is still around and coping as well as he can in the heat - staying hydrated, keeping his beak open to let the heat out, and sunbathing to get rid of parasites. The rest of the time he's in the shade, often preening. Soon he'll be moulting.
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From my garden this afternoon. A Pied Wagtail parent with it's Juvenile.

Squarrrrrrrrrk!!

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