What is up with all the frickin’ Wild Turkeys out there? They are running amok! This is the time of year when I tend...
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I’ve always thought there is something prehistoric about frigatebirds, as something about their shape evokes in my mind the shape I imagine the later...
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Seth Ausubel is one of the best birders in Queens, New York, and Corey is ever-so-thankful that Seth does not use eBird because that...
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This week’s quiz was global in nature, asking to identify endemic species of a country that needed to be guessed based on a number...
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I learned a new word today and am anxious to show it off and share it with the world. A FOLIVORE is an animal...
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The national bird of Latvia is the White Wagtail which, it being Latvia, they call Balta Cielava.* It was affirmed as the national bird...
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This week’s quiz is geographically GLOBAL in nature. It is not limited to North America, as many of my other quizzes are. Your objective...
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The Ruffed Grouse is a bird of the forests across much of North America, from Alaska and the mountains of the west through Canada,...
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