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Labor Day & Hummingbird Feeders

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It is possible to see birds like the above female Ruby-throated Hummingbird well into October in northern states like Minnesota. Some people have odd bird blinders, they only see them when the legend or folklore tells them they should see them–like a rain crow before a storm, regardless Yellow-billed Cuckoos are there all the time.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? photo by JZ When a population of birds numbers only 400 in the wild, there can be no such thing as a “nonessential” individual. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It flies on.

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