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Eurasian Tree Sparrows from long ago

10,000 Birds

This event took place in April of 1870, in Lafayette Park in St. Still, the tip was all I needed to jump online and do some quick research (and all praises to the internet for making such things possible!) Nevertheless, a life bird is a life bird and it would take a lot more than three confounding factors to make me drive away from St.

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Birding Kangding, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

According to Chinese researchers, nest predation and brood parasitism are the two main reasons. If you happen to live in St. Louis, USA, you can see the species at your local zoo. Why do nesting attempts of the Red-billed Blue Magpie sometimes fail? ” Everybody wants to lay the groundwork, nobody wants to go into details.

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