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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri

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From its core range in the southwest US and northern Mexico, it has staged a pretty dramatic range expansion in the last couple decades, spreading nearly as far east as the Mississippi River. Last year, I finally crossed paths with Cerulean Warbler , but this year, with little birding on the agenda, I needed something easy.

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An Embarrassment of Riches

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I really should have encountered these families in Mexico, as they both occur here. Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula hosts a large population of American Flamingos. This visit to southern Spain, however, fell in the middle of raptor migration, so flamingos were not on my agenda. And I have, in fact, visited Yucatán state.

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

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Further, the crane take in Mexico is a free-for-all: neither regulated nor recorded. Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted. SmashDN Mar 18th, 2011 at 8:28 am Susan, Please enlighten us.

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