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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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His fascination with birds and nature began at the age of four or five, and he now works full time in conservation of Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River birds and ecosystems. 8 Responses to “Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds&# Duncan Mar 12th, 2011 at 3:39 am Brandt’s Cormorants are dreary? Good day sir.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. A Great Backyard Bird Count Miracle Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2011) What is the International Bird Rescue Research Center Anyway?

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Maybe it was a version of the Mississippi River, maybe it was a version of the Warren River, likely both. The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. Then one day they are gone.

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