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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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But while humans mainly try to stay slim and fit for health reasons, Eurasian Siskins care more about the danger of being eaten. However (also according to the HBW), Common Redpolls in Alaska are able to survive at temperatures of “only” -54°C compared with -67°C in Hoary Redpolls.

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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

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The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Eleven million gallons of oil suffocated 1,300 miles of shoreline in my beloved Alaska. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.

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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

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Picture being a Blackpoll Warbler being born in the boreal forests of Alaska. Almost as soon as you leave the nest, you have the strong urge to migrate to a place called “Venezuela” Can you imagine how many potential choices and decisions are involved in flying from Alaska to the Atlantic Seaboard, flying down the eastern U.S.,

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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In Alaska, they were found to mimic 30 different species ( source ). If you are suffering from depression, you just have found another reason to go birding. The captor monkey killed the bird … by biting off its head” Eurasian Woodcocks are much more likely to be killed by humans than by snub-nosed monkeys.

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