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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

10,000 Birds

I just flew nonstop from Canada to South America and boy, are my arms tired.” Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America. Untamed Americas: Mountains. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. Untamed Americas: Coasts. Premieres Sunday, June 10, 9 p.m.

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Manx Shearwaters

10,000 Birds

Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up.