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Birds, Mammals

Youth Gone Wild

August 17, 2007 by Corey 1 Comment

No, this isn’t a post about Skid Row…but rather a post about the plethora of young creatures out and about in the wide world...

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What is a Waxwing?

August 11, 2007 by Mike 3 Comments

If you live on any decent-sized landmass anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, chances are waxwings occasionally wing your way. Waxwings are dapper passerine birds...

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Flycatching Cedar Waxwings

August 10, 2007 by Corey 6 Comments

Though Cedar Waxwings are known for their preference for eating fruit, they are actually also accomplished flycatchers. Daisy and I had the great pleasure...

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Armchair Birdwatch: Get Your Raptor Eyes On

August 2, 2007 by Mike 7 Comments

It may be mid-summer now, but hawkwatch season is right around the corner. Time to start brushing up on hawks, eagles, falcons, and vultures!...

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Handling Birds: Yea or Nay?

July 30, 2007 by Mike 10 Comments

One of the most persistent myths in the annals of avifauna has to be the prohibition on handling even the most imperiled chick or...

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Generations Of Galliforms

July 25, 2007 by Mike 4 Comments

Years of building, then burning giant, flammable wooden chickens gets one to wondering about the magical multiformity of the world’s most popular poultry. Farms...

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