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and Canada and winter in northeastern Mexico, while the sedentary wrens of central Mexico, Central America, and South America are now to be identified as Grass Wrens. And I did, in fact, see the Great Horned Owl , however briefly, as it flew away from what is apparently its standard perch. Did they show up for us?

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This is followed by tales of birds like Barn Owls and Rockhopper Penguins, whose over-reproductive habits practically guarantee that some nestlings will die. I confess, I knew that all the tanagers were in the tropics, but it never occurred to me that there was a possibility of finding answers.

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For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables.

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Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” What kind of miscreant kicks a Barn Owl in mid-flight? Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) No, you didn’t. Different, but the same?

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