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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas

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Comical with their green feathers and unique faces, they have established feral populations in cities across the country since their accidental release in the 1960’s. Again, they are fairly common in the Southwest and Mexico, but for me they felt brand new! I have always wanted to see a Monk Parakeet.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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