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Great Backyard Bird Count

The tenth annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) starts today and runs through Monday; you can spend as little as fifteen minutes counting birds in a location and submit your results to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. You might even win a prize.
The real prize, of course, is the data that’s collected:
Last year, [...]

Clicker Training Expo

You know I’m a fan of clicker training. I notice a big difference when trying to train my dog with the clicker and without. With the clicker, she is more precise and attentive. It’s really interesting behavior.
But sometimes days pass by and I realize I haven’t worked with her as much as [...]

Great white shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium

From SFGate: you can see a great white shark at Monterey Bay Aquarium in coming days. The aquarium is the only one in th world who has successfully kept a great white in captivity for more than nine days; their previous shark was kept for 198 days before being released when it became too [...]