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Who belongs in the Evening Grosbeak’s family tree?

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Ourselves, for instance; just consider how many sweet or gritty stories you’ve seen about Olympic athletes’ family backgrounds over the last few weeks. We’re going to look at its family tree today, at where it fits in the grand avian assemblage, at what makes it at once unique yet not so alone after all. But not all.

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Golden-crowned Warbler

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It belongs to the Parulidae family, but along with the rest of the Basileuterus genus is non-migratory. rufifrons occasionally strays to southern Texas or Arizona, but on the whole, they are seldom seen north of the border. aureocapillus group of races. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B. The Argentinian birds come from the B.c.

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2013 AOU North American checklist proposals

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Proposal 2013-A-6 would split the shearwater taxon baroli , which breeds on several Atlantic island groups (the Azores, Canaries, Selvages, and Madeira) and strays to North American waters, from its current position as part of the Little Shearwater ( Puffinus assimilis ) complex. Shearwater split. lherminieri ). lherminieri ).

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We Got the Wrong Starling

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But we forget that the family Sturnidae consists of more than our familiar European Starling. The group I was with gathered in Ahmedebad (one of India’s mid-sized cities with only 8 million residents) to be transported by bus out to the conference site in Kutch.

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Kittens!

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Some time ago a neighborhood stray cat came to the yard to have her kittens. We tried to find a rescue group to take the little family so they could hopefully find a loving home. This little mama cat was super smart and found her way into the hot tub, and here are her little kittens snuggled up in a flower pot.

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

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In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

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Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. As a foster parent, you can set certain guidelines with the rescue group as to what type of animal you prefer. Look at tail wag.

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