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March Miscellania

10,000 Birds

Once upon a time, people and especially children felt free to interact with wild birds in any way that would satisfy their curiousity — watching and learning, yes, but also harassing and chasing, collecting eggs and nests, stealing nestlings as “pets”, and killing birds for amateur taxidermy efforts.

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Dark Deeds

10,000 Birds

Longer story shorter (which I wrote about here ), I found it and was startled to find out that the Ravens ( Corvus corax ) had not only chased it, but they had caught it, killed it, and were in the process of eating the adult King Eider ( Somateria spectabilis ) when I came along. The day before it was an Arctic Hare they saw killed an eaten.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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Collaborative list – September 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Canada Warbler – Cardellina canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Canada Jay – Perisoreus canadensis. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6.

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