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Cow Birds

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It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. Following a detour to Harvard Law School, he took the Ph.D. They’re all named for livestock. at Princeton University in 1990.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Deer Fence Canal Rd. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 11 Jun 2018. 11 Jun 2018.

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Collaborative List – January 2018

10,000 Birds

A line plotted against the law of diminishing returns describes an increasingly downward curve and a lister’s life is destined to follow that decline. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Deer Fence Canal Rd. At this rate……… , but that’s the thing about lists. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018.

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