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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. The Latin species name of the Kalij Pheasant is leucomelanos , meaning “white” (leukos) and “black” (melanos, both Greek words).

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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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