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What is the State Bird of Georgia?

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Brown Thrashers , large, rust-colored songbirds, were so popular in Georgia that they became the namesake of their NHL hockey team, the “Atlanta Thrashers!” ” It comes as no surprise then that the governor proclaimed the Brown Thrasher the state bird in 1953 , and the legislature followed suit in 1970.

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Releasing White Doves

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Kathryn Dudeck is a rehabber outside Atlanta. asked Gay Frazee, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, referring to the time Pope Francis released two white doves as a symbol of peace, and they were immediately attacked by a gull and a crow. Blow bubbles, people! Cheap, pretty, everyone can participate, and nobody gets hurt.”.

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Trinity Brewing: Le Capitaine Golden Saison Regal

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Atlanta, Georgia’s Red Brick Brewing Company has teamed up with the Georgia Aquarium to release a series of seasonal beers , with a portion of sales to be donated to conservation and research efforts. The Ogden Nature Center of Ogden, Utah will feature its second annual Birds & Brews event on September 29th.

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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

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The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own. It is extremely difficult for female pandas to reproduce in captivity, but the city of Chengdu in central China has become the worldwide epicenter for panda reproduction. Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K.,

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Introduction to Winter Sparrows of South Florida

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Almost any park, even within large cities such as New Orleans and Atlanta, will host such quintessentially common Nearctic species such as Field , Song , Chipping , and White-throated Sparrow in good numbers. Like Savannah Sparrow, the type specimen of Swamp Sparrow was collected in Georgia.

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From Today's New York Times

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In fact, the Language Research Center at Georgia State University has engaged in continuous social, cognitive and biobehavioral research on primates, including language training and research, since 1981. Georgia State University Atlanta, Aug. Georgia State University Atlanta, Aug. They're wild animals!