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Birding a Flock of Canada Geese

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Blame human intervention in the form of breeding programs so that there would be more to hunt. And, even worse than being hated, they often suffer being called Canadian Geese , which is just not fair to these non-Tim Horton’s-coffee-drinking creatures.) That is really a shame. It’s not my fault! I named it Stumpy.

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Smoking is (good) for the birds

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I remember taking an advanced seminar in plant-animal interaction, in preparation for my own study of human-plant interactions. European Starling in New York City trying to bum a cigarette (photo by Corey, from HERE ) But I digress. Insects ruled. We spent most of the rest of the semester dealing with grasshoppers.

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