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The Dracula Bird

10,000 Birds

This species was once restricted to North America’s Great Plains, where they followed herds of American Bison, eating both the seeds in their dung and the creatures that bison’s trampling brought into the open. In contrast, the Brown-headed Cowbird is a same-continent invasive species. Starling -numerous. So there you are.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

Clapper Rails are common but rarely seen birds across the islands and on my own island are common in a range of habitats that may surprise readers used to seeing them in wetlands in North America. It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos. So wither the Guam Rail now?