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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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The Great Egret was in breeding plumage and courtship posture–bright lime green lores, head bending down and then snapping up, long, impossibly delicate plumes waving over its body as if possessed by independent spirits. A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. Treaties trump state laws. And it should be known.

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Midsummer’s Bird and Some Thoughts on Naming

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The ABA currently lumps the Mangrove Warbler and Golden Warbler with the Yellow Warbler (the IOC lumps Mangrove and Golden Warbler together but splits them from the Yellow Warbler that breeds in North America.)

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Shedding Tears For Shorebirds

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Compared to something like a Connecticut Warbler , they are just begging to be looked at. If you can identify this bird for what it is, you will earn the respect of your elders and bring much honor to your family. I think Solitary Sandpiper is a proper bird to gauge one’s shorebird kung fu. 4: Field guides exist for a reason.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Of course you could bring in here the debate over the whole subspecies concept: there are over 20 of these in the Herring gull-Lesser black-backed gull complex, so. It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.

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