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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

10,000 Birds

The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. It’s a good thing too, because it is the leading gamebird in North America in terms of total harvest and the widespread distribution of hunting effort. Use of non-toxic shot when hunting waterfowl has been mandatory, nationwide, since 1991. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

10,000 Birds

So, they cleverly would hijack unpopular animals or people as placeholders for the devil and then swear to their heart’s delight. But no, there is another reason for this surprisingly creative way of describing the gruesome killing of a creature: the characteristics of hunting in Germany. You know, cavity breeders.

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