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The Oriental Dollarbird

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In a study conducted in Southwestern Japan, dollarbird nestlings first reached a weight of about 160 grams. See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. The paper examines the bird species involved in these bird singing contests.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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. “Invasive&# is an ugly word, and ugly consequences have come from many of the explosive range expansions we’re most familiar with, whether of exotic species or even of native species with their normal restraints removed. Especially of all the species that had been introduced to the US.

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