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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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But best of all — the thing that shows, surely, that he was born under a lucky star, is this: he’s now (as of 2005, when he migrated, permanently, to Ohio) — a Buckeye. ” Other birds are the subjects of Kaufman’s wonder, too, such as the early ducks — pintails, green-winged teal, and various diving ducks. “The

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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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So far as I can determine the swan was not officially granted status as the national bird of Denmark by law but by a popular vote held by either Danish Television or Denmark Radio. No, it seems that the Mute Swan derives its popularity in Denmark because of its role in “The Ugly Duckling&# by Hans Christian Andersen.

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Cow Birds

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The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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The Nuttall’s Woodpecker Tufted Duck at Cold Spring Harbor, New York The northern southern Woodpecker.Or Looking at the Queens Bird List Again Ducks Winding Up Migration Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of November 2010? These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of March 2010?

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa.

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Shades of the Sunshine State

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2) The Bunting Surprise Painted Bunting, photo by Nate Swick My in-laws got a time-share on a golf course in Orlando and we headed down there for a week in the spring of 2011. 3) The Jay You Came to See Florida Scrub-Jay , photo by Nate Swick Christmas Day, 2005. Completely unexpected, and completely Floridian.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

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Bush signed the “ Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act ” into law this past Monday (November 27, 2006). The law protects animal enterprises from courses of conduct designed to disrupt their normal profitable functioning. The new law is chilling both in its scope and in its narrowness. On November 4, 2005, Rep. That’s right.