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An Open Letter to the Birds on the Webcams, Re: Nesting Season

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Steal and eat their eggs? It makes people feel like they have to choose sides, and who wants to choose sides between the noble bald eagle and the majestic great horned owl or whatever? Again, I know you’re just doing what you gotta do. Drag some other bird bodily out of a hollow tree and thrash the feathers off them?

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Spotted Thick-knee

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As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. What a bird and stunning shots.

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Getting out of line

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Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right?

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