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Some Hokkaido Winter Passerines

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However (also according to the HBW), Common Redpolls in Alaska are able to survive at temperatures of “only” -54°C compared with -67°C in Hoary Redpolls. This is particularly interesting as newish research indicates that Common and Hoary Redpolls are actually the same species.

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Celebrating a Waxwing Winter

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Incidentally, their range is huge and circumpolar, extending from Scandinavia all the way through Siberia to Kamchatka, and from central Alaska and British Columbia east to Hudson Bay. At the time I was writing about cars, so I recall we travelled in a road-test Porsche. A young friend, David Tipling, travelled with me from Kent.

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Carnival of the Blue XLV

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Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3

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The owner has two adorable Border Collies and a pure-white cat called Alaska. Regarding the Covid, the usual measures were in place, and no one got it, at least no US, Canada, or French participants who did the mandatory testing at the end of the tour, as required by their home countries. I didn’t get it either.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Then on top of that they go through countless hours of researching before they even come to their first hypothesis which is tested by themselves and other biologist numerous times before they can even propose such an idea as this one.

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Thrilling Turkey Facts

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They can be found in every state except Alaska (but see the comments below!). Air Force test runs in breaking the sound barrier, nearby turkeys dropped dead from sudden cardiac arrest. Wild turkey populations dwindled to fewer than 30,000 birds by the 1930s due to habitat destruction and unregulated shooting. During U.S.

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