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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas

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Comical with their green feathers and unique faces, they have established feral populations in cities across the country since their accidental release in the 1960’s. Again, they are fairly common in the Southwest and Mexico, but for me they felt brand new! I have always wanted to see a Monk Parakeet.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. There are also frustrations, such as the faltering efforts of the Isla Robinson Crusoe conservation group, which can’t stop the spread of invasive plants, feral cats, and bird disease that is probably dooming the Juan Fernández Firecrown.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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The original distribution of the Wild Turkey is not clearly known, but it existed from the Eastern Seaboard of the US nearly to the Rocky Mountains, avoided some of the more open plains in the north, and occurred in central Mexico. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Kiva 78(1):37–60. Reitz, Elizabeth. Thornton, E.,

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