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The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020

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In the header photo the Pied Oystercatcher chick is only just to the right of the adult. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. The post The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The Pied Oystercatchers hide the chicks in the thick vegetation once they leave the nest site.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle. Lovette (2020). Beneath him hung two midnight-purple discs, seemingly unattached from the bird itself, so thin were the filaments of feather spine that supported them. Billerman, and I.J. In Birds of the World (S.