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American Goldfinch—Flying Marshmallow Chicks
By Noreen O’Brien, Purchasing, Marine Parts Express The ubiquitous American goldfinch, the lemon yellow males sporting black caps, wings and tails and the more drab olive green females, is the latest of our nesters, though one of the earliest to undergo a spring molt. By Easter, the male goldfinches resemble yellow marshmallow chicks found in […]
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Annual Construction of “Home”
By Noreen O’Brien, Purchasing, Marine Parts Express Imagine having to build a new house every year. Egads. I struggle with the very idea of a move, much less the need to construct a home first—and then on an annual basis. Most birds from hummingbirds to eagles build or reconstruct nests that take all forms, from […]
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