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Sneak Attack

10,000 Birds

The Cinnamon-rumped Flowerpiercer is the only flower-piercing game in town if you live in North America. Its range extends as far as Nicaragua in Central America, where it is joined, in Costa Rica and Panama, by The Slaty Flowerpiercer. Apparently this is the perfect design for floral backstabbing. Behold, the very specialized bill.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

Or, to be perfectly honest, playing games on Facebook, but let’s not talk about that. What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? You can read more of Carrie’s work at Great Auk - or Greatest Auk? In Germany, they occur throughout but are considerably rarer e.g. around the Baltic or Berlin than they are in the SW. Thanks for visiting!

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