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Tips on how to create data for my animal guessing game

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So i'm making a game where you guess a random animal by using dropdowns and guessing stuff like continents(a dropdown called continents with the 7 continents, you chose one and if its correct you know what continent/continents it lives on) and other things about the animal. Also only showing "oceans" when its a marine animal.

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Flock to Marion

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Finally in 1799, the first visitors on this volcanic land were a group of French seal hunters who were after the fur seals that can be found hauled out on the beaches for fur and oil, which almost wiped out the local population of the species. Marion has a fascinating history with invasive species.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? UysI and G.

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I and the Bird: Looking for Falcons and Ravens

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Alas, Atlanta couldn’t seal the deal in the second half, but Baltimore bullied their way to the Big Game. Since there are only nine species of Raven in the world, Corey and I are going to host a quickie for the coolest corvids of all this week. I need your ravens by 6pm EST on Wednesday, January 23.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse. Audubon’s Hog Island Audubon Camp attracts birders of all skills levels every summer and Acadia National Park, Monhegan Island, Machias Seal Island, and Scarborough Marsh are nationally known birding hotspots.

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San Francisco – short of time and money.

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Guano-covered rocks (called Seal Rocks I am told, but my guess is that a seal would struggle to get up here to bask) just off the beach will probably quickly catch your attention. Black Oyster-catchers will usually be found on the rocks too, but this morning each of these species gave their best views in the receding waves.

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California’s Autumn Seas

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And besides, it’s nice to see something that isn’t the same 12 (now 13) species of seabird (plus Molly Meep Meep, a Black Brant ) There may not be as many as in October, but they are there, and they can be cool. It was astonishing, like a game drive in the savannah of Africa. Mostly Humpback Whales , but also Blue Whales.

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