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Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) photos by Larry Jordan (click for full sized images) While visiting Arcata Marsh a couple of weeks ago, I had...
One common feature of the relationship between early explorers and colonists and the birds of the New Worlds was the tendency of said explorers to name birds after familiar...
Now that there are 7 billi0n of us on this planet, it seems appropriate to look at and appreciate other great big collections of...
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