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An organization called the International Ornithological Congress (IOC) has been working since 1991 on the challenging task of creating...
Throughout history, innumerable adventurers, merchants, rum runners, and real estate moguls have been entranced by the inexorable pull of...
Read enough birding trip reports on this or any other site and you’re sure to hear about peeps. Birders...
As far as color terms go, vermilion is a winner, reeking of exoticism and antiquity. As fine as this...
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