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Climate Change and Birds

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I write a lot about climate change on my other blog , and so I don’t really feel a strong need to touch on this topic very often here. A few years ago, the Maryland DNR decided to elevate some of its structures by a couple of feet in order to get them out of the way of impending sea level rise. Because it is.

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Snowy Owl Invasion!

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If you want to keep up with what is going on up there you can do worse than The Bruce Mactavish Newfoundland Birding Blog. Here’s hoping that they find the food they need and survive the winter to return north to breed. Can you even imagine hundreds of Snowy Owls ? I certainly can’t.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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Somehow, I feel this post about the few pheasants I have seen in China has gotten off to a wrong start – not quite the kind of motivation to blog readers to continue reading this post. I’d rather see one shy pitta or robin than ten overconfident, arrogant pheasants. Wait, does that remind me of anyone? Never mind. Connecticut.