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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

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Collaborative List – March 2019

10,000 Birds

978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Only 123 species appear on both sides of the life list. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Christopher Columbus Park. Christopher Columbus Park. That’s just 3.35%. Refugio mixto Caño Negro. 15 Jan 2019.

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Collaborative list – April 2019

10,000 Birds

April was a busy time for the beats with 10 of them contributing 164 lists to accumulate 744 species from 7 countries; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Serbia, UK, Brazil and Barbados. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Christopher Columbus Park. Christopher Columbus Park.

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