Birds
The capability to fly is remarkable. I’m amazed at how birds fly through the tree tops dodging limbs, fly in flocks without colliding, and fly thousands of miles to the same area to nest every spring.
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Wandering through the woods, I found a tree with claw marks scratched in the bark at eye-level and black hair stuck to once oozing sap.…
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I catch a slight movement out of the corner of my eye and stop to scan the brushy slope. After a few seconds I spy…
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A frenzy of flapping bursts from the shrubs no more than 10 feet away, quickening my heartbeat until I realize it’s only a spruce grouse.…
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Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a big bump on a spruce limb three-quarters up a tree that seemed out of place.…
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Arctic tern eggs are camouflaged extremely well. I spent nearly twenty minutes searching for this egg that I knew was in this area and was…
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While raking the grass under several swallow nests, I found a small, pointed bird egg that had fallen out. Varying shades of brown speckles covered…
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To soar like an eagle, hover like a hummingbird or dart through the trees like a chickadee would be incredible. In the past one hundred…
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The occasional cluck will draw attention to the position of a ptarmigan along with their numerous tracks in the snow but seeing the ptarmigan isn’t…
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