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  2. Wasit Wetland Centre - Wikipedia

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    A pair of fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) at Wasit Wetland CentreWasit Wetland Centre is a conservation area in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.It preserves an area of a type of wetland (sabkha or salt plain) once common along the western coastal plains of the UAE and consists of a visitor centre with viewing points to both captive and wild birds, as well as extensive areas of ...

  3. Marsh wren - Wikipedia

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    These birds forage actively in vegetation close to the water, occasionally flying up to catch insects in flight. They mainly eat insects, also spiders and snails. [8] In California, 53 Western Marsh Wren stomachs were examined which showed that the birds consume bugs (29%), caterpillars and chrysalids (17%), beetles (16%), ants and wasps (8%), spiders (5%), carabids and coccinellids (2%), with ...

  4. Bird colony - Wikipedia

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    The white-winged dove of southwestern North America was known to nest in large colonies when foraging areas could support such numbers. In 1978, in Tamaulipas , Mexico, researchers counted 22 breeding colonies of white-winged doves with a collective population size of more than eight million birds.

  5. National Geographic Field Guide to Birds of North America

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    National Geographic, with Alderfer, Paul Hess, and Noah Strycker, also published National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America in 2011. A second edition was released in 2019. Like the pocket guide, this guide is 256 pages and outlines the 150 most common yard birds in North America.

  6. Common ground dove - Wikipedia

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    The common ground dove is North America's smallest and one of the world's smallest by mass. This species ranges from 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) in length, spans 27 cm (11 in) across the wings, and weighs 26–40 g (0.92–1.41 oz). [8] The common ground dove has a yellow beak with a black tip. Feathers surrounding the beak are pink in colour.

  7. List of birds of the United States - Wikipedia

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    For species found in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the list are those of the AOS, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North and Middle American birds.

  8. List of birds of North America - Wikipedia

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    The taxonomic treatment [3] (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) used in the accompanying bird lists adheres to the conventions of the AOS's (2019) Check-list of North American Birds, the recognized scientific authority on the taxonomy and nomenclature of North America birds.

  9. Northern house wren - Wikipedia

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    Audubon's illustration of nesting house wrens. The nesting habits do not seem to differ significantly between the northern and southern house wrens. They usually construct a large cup nest in various sorts of cavities, taking about a week to build. The nest is made from small dry sticks and is usually lined with a variety of different materials.