Adding Drama with Clever Tricks

In This Chapter Showing emotion and acting silly Performing balancing tricks Playing housekeeper Preparing for the showdown at sunset Think your dog is clever? Here’s a chapter to put her to the test! What she doesn’t know yet she can learn, of course! Before long you’ll be winning prizes like “Biggest Drama Queen/King,” as you…

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Black-capped white-eye

Zosterops atricapilla Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:black-capped white-eye (en); olho-branco-de-barrete-preto (pt); zostérops à calotte noire (fr); anteojitos capirotado (es); schwarzstirn-brillenvogel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Zosteropidae Range:This species is found along the mountains of western Sumatra and in central and north-eastern Borneo, both in Indonesia and Malaysia.Size:These birds are 9,5-10 cm long and weigh 8,5-11…

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Sacred kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus Photo by Chris Wynne (Flickr) Common name:sacred kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-sagrado (pt); martin-chasseur sacré (fr); alción sagrado (es); götzenliest (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily AlcedinidaeRange:This species breeds throughout most of mainland Australia, as well as in New Zealand and in western Melanesia as fas east as Fiji. The populations in southern Australia migrate north to winter in…

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Eurasian scops-owl

Otus scops Photo by Paul Cools (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Eurasian scops-owl (en); mocho-d’orelhas (pt); petit-duc scops (fr); autillo europeo (es); zwergohreule (de)Taxonomy:Order StrigiformesFamily StrigidaeRange:This species breeds in Morocco, Algeria and southern Europe as far north as northern France, Austria and Slovakia, than in the Ukraine, Belarus and into southern Russia and through the Middle…

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Common grasshopper warbler

Locustella naevia Photo by Andreas Gruber (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:common grasshopper warbler (en); felosa-malhada (pt); locustelle tachetée (fr); buscarla pintoja (es); feldschwirl (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily SylviidaeRange: This species is found breed across most of Europe, from the northern Iberian peninsula as far north as southern Sweden and Norway and as far east as central Asia,…

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Galah

Eolophus roseicapilla (Photo from Wikipedia) Common name:galah (en); cacatua-rosada (pt); cacatoès rosalbin (fr); cacatúa rosa (es); rosakakadu (de)Taxonomy:Order PsittaciformesFamily CacatuidaeRange:This species is endemic to Australia, being found throughout the country, including Tasmania.Size:Galahs are 35-36 cm long and weigh 270-350 g.Habitat:These birds generally avoid densely wooded areas, being found in a wide range of open habitats…

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