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A dancing bird finally gets some protection
By John Horning
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What I remember most about that dark early morning of crouching on the prairie is the rhythmic sound of pounding….
Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) performing dancing or “drumming” on a lek (mating display), in northern Oklahoma, USA.
MoreHow to love the bear’s world
By John Horning
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When a bear kills a person in the wild, that’s no reason to enact laws making it easier to kill bears. Rather respect that bears are wild creatures and be cautious when in their territor
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