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Horrible Hybrids

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Where it had spent the summer is anyone’s guess, but the majority of the Pochard that winter in the UK come from Eastern Europe and Russia, with birds ringed in Latvia being particularly numerous. No prizes for guessing this is a Canada Goose x Greylag Not that geese have to be members of the same genus to hybridise.

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What is the State Bird of Alaska?

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The Willow Ptarmigan, which is the most numerous, can also be found in Russia, Finland, Scandinavia, and Canada. Of these , 24% spend part of the year in Canada, while another 18% spend part of the year in the United States. The Willow Ptarmigan was officially designated in 1960, when Alaska entered the union.

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