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The Cry of the Curlew

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What I didn’t notice until I downloaded my photographs ( above and below ) was the fact that she had been colour ringed, with a red ring on her right leg, and green ring above yellow on her left leg. Her long beak indicates that she is a female An email to Tony Cross of the Mid Wales Ringing Group brought a speedy reply.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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In what has become the modern-day traditional method of organization, species are listed and described on the left-hand page and illustrative plates are on the right. Each species is numbered, with the numbers referring to the illustrations on the right. More on Species Accounts.

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A Question of Migration

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All of this leads to a longer life list, which is, after all, the entire point of bridwatching, right? Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. If migration evolved many times in birds, then it would be worth asking if it evolved in birds more often than in other groups of vertebrates. Specifically, Itcher Tern.

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Seabirds: The New Identification Guide: An ID Guide Review

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It covers 434 species across 9 orders and 18 families of birds. All species in every one of these groups is described even if not every single species lives on the ocean, a guideline continued from the earlier volume. SCOPE & SPECIES ORGANIZATION. There is one exception–ducks.

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