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A Corn Crake in New York State!

10,000 Birds

… Have I seen a Corn Crake… maybe in France? No, I’d remember that, I didn’t see that many birds in France. …maybe there’s a secret Corn Crake breeding farm out in Gilgo Beach. Hopefully, its reaction to any feral cats in the area will be the same as its reactions to birders–run!

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556.

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