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What is the State Bird of New Jersey?

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Now, more than ever, they are an iconic piece of the birding landscape, for David Sibley’s “ The Sibley Field Guide to to Birds of Eastern North America ,” features none other than an American Goldfinch on the cover! Unlike many other songbirds, these goldfinches subsist entirely on a vegetarian, seed-based diet.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

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Unlike birds, they do not vocalize; unlike butterflies, they are totally predatory, not a vegetarian amongst them. from University of Miami in 1966 and has written over 75 scientific and popular papers and books, including Shorebirds of North America: The Photographic Guide. With odonates, there are always exceptions!