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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

10,000 Birds

That family name Troglodytidae has now come to mean a barbarian, but way back when it just meant “cave-dweller” This is another reference to their more or less reclusive nature and tendency for the birds to forage in dark places and crevices. House Wren Excavates a Nest Cavity – Larry Jordan, The Birders Report.

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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

This totally crazy bird is the crème de la crème of the cracid family, and besides being endangered (population estimated at under 2,500), its habitat choice of cloudforests on the steep slopes of a few volcanoes and mountains in southern Mexico and south-western Guatemala makes it a tough bird to seek. What better way to start a birding day?

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