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Western Bluebirds Are Back

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From the 1913 USDA Farmers Bulletin #513, Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard: “The bluebird is one of the most familiar tenants of the farm and dooryard. You will also hear many other bird species in the background including Ash-throated Flycatcher, California Quail, Eurasian Collared-Dove and Acorn Woodpecker.

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I and the Bird: What is a Wren?

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And they absolutely do that, but there are few birds in north America, at least, for which the family seem less fitting. But for those of us in the Americas, the cup runs over with species of Troglodytes. Which is perhaps why the name wren is applied to several unrelated species in the old World.

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