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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Audubon Field Guide

On the southern Great Plains, this beautiful bird is common in summer, often resting on roadside fences and wires. Seen perched at a distance it might suggest a slim, long-tailed Mockingbird -- until it flies, showing off the salmon-pink under the wings, its long tail streamers flaring wide as it maneuvers in mid-air to catch an insect. Although it looks unique, the Scissor-tail is closely...

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Date: 2017-04-03 09:49:20

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Mystery Solved: Invasive Berries to Blame for Turning ...

In 1843, as John James Audubon made his way up the Missouri River to Yellowstone, he came upon a group of woodpeckers "which I think will puzzle all the naturalists in the world," he wrote. The five birds, all Northern Flickers, varied dramatically in color--some had flight feathers adorned with yellow, others with red, and still others landed somewhere in between.

He didn't know it at the time,...

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Date: 2017-04-03 09:32:53

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