Resurgence in the interest of bird watching prompted one community to start a new bird house hobby club. All ages are welcome to join, and other communities are encouraged to start their own hobby club that builds different types of bird houses for the various feathered friends that are present in their area. The idea was formulated when local boys had asked one of the avid bird watchers in town to help them build bird houses. It started as a weekend project and turned into a community project.
Bird hunting turned to bird watching for several young boys who watched as a family of mourning doves built their nest, sat on their eggs and hatched out three babies. The boys wanted to build the bird houses to provide shelter for the family of birds in bad weather. They didn’t understand that once the nest is built, the parents will most often stick to their original home, but other pairs of birds would be attracted. Once the boys learned this, they were really enthusiastic about building different sizes so a wide variety of birds would start nesting.
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Next to the tigers, they are the largest living cats of the feline family. The tiger is the largest. The lions are the only social cats and they live in groups called prides. A single pride is made up of up to three males, fifteen females and their young ones. Females in a group are related while males once they reach maturity move from the pride in search of other groups to dominate. Since the females’ are related, they are very close to each other and they share a very tight bond. During the day, you will find them under tree shades purring, touching and licking each other affectionately. They also help each other in taking care of the young ones.
A mature lion can weigh up to 227 kg. It can be from 5 to 8 feet in length and about 4 feet tall. It is the tallest cat at the shoulders. The male lion spots a mane which covers the neck and the upper back. Its life span is about fourteen years in the wild though it can live for more than twenty in captivity. It belongs to the kingdom animalia, phylum Chordata, class mammalia, order carnivora, family felidae, and genus Panthera and species Panthera Leo. Its binomial name is Panthera Leo.
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Arctic Fox Description
The Arctic Fox is pure white so that it is able to blend into the snowy surroundings. The coat is very thick too because of the cold temperatures. It helps to keep the fox warm and the body temperature regulated. They have fur on the bottoms of their feet too. There is thick hair on the paws that also allows them to easily walk on top of the ice without slipping.
They have pointed ears and a long, slender nose. The tip of the nose and the eyes are very dark in contrast to all the white. They are thicker than other species of fox but this is because they have layers of fat that offer them additional insulation. During the warmer times of the year the white fur can turn to a shade of brown as well.
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