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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

610)) to a little history (“The elegant White-tailed Kite was formerly shot in large numbers by farmers who thought it threatened their chickens, although these birds feed almost entirely on insects and a few rodents” (p. Press, 2011, cited as “RTP to Paul Brooks, March 6, 1945, Peterson Institute.”

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How much bird is there, anyway?

10,000 Birds

The clifftop habitats along rocky shores of the North Atlantic (on both sides of the pond) abound in bird biomass during breeding bouts, for instance. Those mammals consist of the previously mentioned fossorial members of Insectivora, Rodents, and bats. Accessed July 12, 2011 at [link] a. Sources Laden, Greg. Myers, P.,

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