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Fall Migration on Facebook

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The first shorebird arrivals are apparently birds that failed at a breeding attempt and don’t have time to re-attempt; they might as well head south early. This is by no means an exact science. Shorebirds appeared in posts by folks from Peru, Chile and Argentina not from folks from Central America. Black-throated Blue Warbler.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Penguins are also bellweathers of climate change; dwellers of remote areas you’ve (probably) never heard of; creatures who have developed unique, innovative ways of adapting to the harsh environments where they breed and rear chicks and the water environments in which they feed and swim.

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