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The much-derided white ibis wasn’t always a city-slicker. But now it calls Sydney home, a rare case of a metropolis being the ...

The Swainson’s hawk is a raptor of the open fields and prairies of the central and western regions of the country and a rare visitor to New England. It is a member of the buteo family – large ...

A Bullock’s is super rare. Now what? The word went out electronically on rare bird alerts, and within days groups of hardcore birders accumulated beside our back porch, braving a serious cold ...

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