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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. Today’s vagrant could be tomorrow’s resident, a change that is visibly happening with, for example, the Clay-colored Thrush in southern Texas.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Remarkably, there are 59 bird families that have very little cultural significance; these are listed in Appendix III.

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The Birds at Itasca State Park Are All Wet

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Also interesting is that there is a relatively formal connection between historic families (you can think of these as “clans”) and regular use of specific trails or sets of trails. Many families or individuals live in the Twin Cities and have a cabin up north. Turns out this is true of Minnesotans as well. So remember.

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Falakhe’s Story

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At first we were concerned that another dog had been injured, perhaps hit by one of the hunter’s cars (who were watching the pack as well). Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him. He might not have been getting rest but he was getting food. Resilience.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

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One of the admirable things about Montana is how it contains prime examples of not one, but two iconic North American landscapes. The cottonwoods in the river bottoms echo the branching antlers of the elk that bugle among them each falls (abundant, but never enough so for Montana’s voracious hunters.)

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

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I’m an author, good character names are fair game) joined the family and something rather miraculous happened. Following Hartley’s example, she learned that people were okay, and that touching was nice. Turns out even though they knew that Hunter had found his forever home, he didn’t know it. Fast forward seven years.

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