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A Most Unexpected Encounter

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Fortunately, two species of Mergansers sometimes stray to Cuba, and so my friend suggested, correctly, that ours was a female Hooded Merganser. Hooded Mergansers should not go further south than Texas.) Hooded Mergansers should not go further south than Texas.) Having seen them in Europe, I knew it was a Merganser.

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Golden-crowned Warbler

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rufifrons occasionally strays to southern Texas or Arizona, but on the whole, they are seldom seen north of the border. They can frequently be seen in mixed flocks and each group has its own favourite species with which they like to associate. The Rufous-capped Warbler, B. 10,000 Clicks: Photo-galleries and ID Features.

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The parrots you have, not the parrots you wish you had

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I suppose that’s the question posed of the parrots of Texas’s Lower Rio Grande Valley, too.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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… Matthew Anderson [of Audubon] said proponents of colonies are putting the interests of one invasive species — cats — over the hundreds of other native ones that are their prey. In Copperas Cove, Texas. The ordinance requires caretakers to “educate” people in their neighborhoods.

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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

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The warm, sunny climate beckons a wide variety of passerines, raptors, and shorebirds to spend the winter, inflating the species diversity to the extent that Miami-Dade can go toe-to-toe with counties in Texas and Arizona during this season. A La Sagra’s Flycatcher, a Caribbean stray, continued at Charles Deering Estate.

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