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If We Can Rock Together, We Can Flock Together

10,000 Birds

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota. Some birds breed in flocks, at least in part to avoid predation. Ross Perot once said “Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time.” Nesting on steep cliffs makes it practically impossible for mammalian predators to reach them. Buldir Island, AK.