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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. I love American Avocets and I rarely see them in such marvelous breeding plumage, so I was in heaven. You just need to know where to look. Clapper Rail.

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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Ontario: A Field Guide Review

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Ontario is larger than Texas, more than 1 million square kilometers of forests, cities, wetlands, tundra, rivers and lakes. It borders the Hudson Bay to the north and four Great Lakes to the south, accessible by car and sometimes feet from the United States over bridges with names like Rainbow, Ambassador, and Seaway Skyway.

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The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

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The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round. population has been estimated to be approximately 350 million 2.

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Flock to Marion

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This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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the same few states always come to mind first…Alaska, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Gull-billed Terns breed in south San Diego Bay, along with Black Skimmers and several other tern species. Riparian areas and springs can yield Lawrence’s Goldfinch , and Brown-crested Flycatcher is a local breeder. Fall through spring.

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On Bestiality

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One good acquaintance I could probably call a friend is an ethics professor who flies back and forth from Texas to China frequently argued in a group pertaining to bestiality. People who are breeders use racks to allow a male animal mounting the female without damage. He was the only one against it for religious reasons.

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