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The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida

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But research has shown that some plovers even use the super-sensitive soles of their feet to detect movement beneath the substrate. I am often guilty of neglecting “place&# when birding. Small to medium-sized birds, they are characterized by their typically upright posture, large eyes and fairly long legs.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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“Rabeneltern” – raven parents Raven parents, raven mothers, raven fathers – shame on you all, for you are neglecting your children. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. I’d like to point out though that “owly“ is a poor translation. Yupp, you read that correctly.

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