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Superheroes and the Birds

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Now that DC has reset their entire universe again he now has another origin story and the whole mess will get even worse. 5: Falcon Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon, holds an important part in comics history as the first African-America superhero in mainstream comics. He also has a special wing harness that allows him to fly.

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A Most Remarkable Book

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In other words, the caracara’s behavior is totally different from that of, say, the peregrine, though they’re both falcons, and diverged from each other on their evolutionary paths pretty recently. (That’s the striated’s colloquial nickname – is there a cooler, more wonderful moniker for any bird than that?).

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Building Birds for Cities, and Cities for Birds

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Via John of A DC Birding Blog , I ran across an article about a recent French study that suggests that urban birds may be changing looks in response to selective pressures caused by city life. Fortunately, it seems that many species of birds are willing to at least consider city life, if we’ll meet them halfway.

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Virginia is for Birders

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I’d never done any birding in Virginia prior to this trip, if you don’t count county birding on the highway to DC, and a look at my list suggests you probably shouldn’t, so I was excited to be involved with the rally and to see what made this part of the Mid-Atlantic such a popular site for nature lovers.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. The book roughly follows American Ornithological Society taxonomic order; a version date or number isn’t given, but it’s probably the 2020 version, before the Big Reshuffle of New World Warblers.

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Birding the Battlefields

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Now, he’s sharing some information sure to improve your experience of American historical sites… When I’m not writing about sports teams and bird logos , birding ephemera , or stumbling into first state records , I’m helping protect Civil War-related national parks with the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in DC.

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