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“A wonderful bird is the pelican; his bill can hold more than his belly can,” begins the limerick by Dixon Lanier Merritt. And it’s true — a pelican’s pouch can

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More than most, the Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia) is a bird that inspires strong emotions in humans. A familiar species across much of the West, the Black-billed Magpie is intelligent,

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A handsome bird of open landscapes, the Chocolate-vented Tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris) is an unusual species to be included among the so-called “flycatchers.” Inhabiting flat grassland and scrub, this bird is