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Storm’s Stork

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Take a medium-sized stork, then imagine placing a fried egg over each of its eyes. Color the white of the egg yellow and the yellow of the egg dark red, and you get a close approximation of what Storm’s Stork looks like. For those with an urgent need for additional irrelevant information, check out a thread on Birdforum.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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As we know from the French documentary La Marche de l’Empereur ( March of the Penguins) , the females skedaddle from the breeding colony once she produces an egg, leaving the egg to be incubated by the males, who fast for 120 days while keeping the egg in a flap of their feet. (I

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Stuck in the middle (of the AOU/COS meeting)

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Other hardy souls signed up for an early morning “Ostrich Run” 5k, with the prizes beinging–you guessed it–actual ostrich eggs. Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Salmon, UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego Co.; As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1. Authors: T.

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The Great Hummingbird Nest Heist

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Once the nest was done, she began sitting on it, preparing to lay her eggs. I was surprised that there were several days before there were a couple of eggs in the nest when she took off to get a bit to eat.This is the part where the story gets fun.

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Searching for the Elusive and Less-Colorful: The Sinaloa Martin

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They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Clutch size, incubation period, time to fledge, and eggs are all undescribed. Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. San Diego Creek Trail–south of Hwy 405. Stormwater Treatment Area 5/6. 13 Jan 2018. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Western Australia. 01 Jan 2018. Snow Goose – Anser caerulescens. 06 Jan 2018. 06 Jan 2018.

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