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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Nicole: Glad you liked it!

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First Noel

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An itinerant lifestyle, while wonderful in some regards, does not lend itself to forming certain connections. Even at our last stop of the day we managed to add a Savannah Sparrow and a new high count for Horned Grebe. Scaup photo by David Menke and Bufflehead by Donna Dewhurst, via the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Researchers comparing these traits across groups of closely related species – parrots, tits, sparrows, darwins finches etc – find no general correlation between neophobia and exploration. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. sort of “bland&# diet (e.g.

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