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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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For example, the legendary ornithologist Alexander Wilson happened upon in his broad travels a warbler previously undescribed by science. Connecticut Warblers are rarely seen in Connecticut or anywhere else for that matter. Even worse, such sobriquets obscure insight into the birds themselves.

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A Problem with Gulls

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To recap however, grouping them by their slight variation in body size between 53 and 67cm in length (21 to 26in): The biggest two are Yellow-legged and Caspian gulls, distinguishable by the presence or absence of brightly-colored (yellow) legs. at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or

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Some Chinese Pheasants

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Interestingly, in her work, the researcher found that the birds live in small groups dominated by a single male. Connecticut. I feel that thanking your own baby for moral support in the acknowledgment section of a Ph.D. thesis – as she did – is a bit much though. Examples: California. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island.