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Jeff Hoppes
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Today's transit birding is brought to you by: the royalist cause
Chicago transit signs, like lists of royalist grandees, often contain the names "Montrose" and "Clarendon"
May 14, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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"The Anna's Hummingbird was a regicide." Discuss.
figureoutthesea.ca Nicolas Demers @figureoutthesea.ca · Jan 31
The Lord Protector Of Those Bushes South Of The Dog Beach And Probably Some Of The Trees Next To The Aquatic Centre -- Vancouver, January 30 🪶
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#Vancouver #SunsetBeach #AnnasHummingbird
A male Anna's Hummingbird is sitting on a twig. His gorget is glowing very pink A male Anna's Hummingbird is sitting on a twig and looking to one side. One corner of his gorget is glowing pink A male Anna's Hummingbird is sitting on a twig. His gorget is glowing very pink and its eyes are closed A male Anna's Hummingbird is sitting on a twig and looking to one side. One corner of his gorget is glowing pink
January 31, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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#OTD in 1943, Italy. These pigeons saw a lot of action. They took part in exchange of information when one of the brigades was cut off from the main body of the British 8 Army two weeks earlier and were also used during commando raids around Messina in Sicily. #WW2 #HISTORY
December 9, 2023 at 7:48 AM
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C. V. Wedgwood's "The King's Peace" (1955), but the cover now depicts a King Penguin instead of the Stuart court
December 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM
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Exciting find at Goodwill this week! #birds
Bald eagle glares out from the frontispiece of Roger Tory Peterson's "Birds Over America" (1948) signed: "With my best regards, Roger Tory Peterson" receipt for four dollars
October 12, 2023 at 8:14 PM