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Hoodie crows were quite a feature of the marsh , and there was a pair of merlins that harried the numerous pipets , while two hen harriers , nesting on the moor at the head of the bog , policed it for lemmings and water - voles .
Hoodie crows were quite a feature of the marsh , and there was a pair of merlins that harried the numerous pipets , while two hen harriers , nesting on the moor at the head of the bog , policed it for lemmings and water - voles .
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A bird flying against a strong head wind , even a wind of gale force , feels nothing of the pressure of this wind , neither does it feel the pressure of a gale blowing in ...
A bird flying against a strong head wind , even a wind of gale force , feels nothing of the pressure of this wind , neither does it feel the pressure of a gale blowing in ...
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It seems likely that the supposed preference of birds for flying head to wind has been deduced from the fact that when birds arrive at their journey's end they always are , in fact , approaching from leeward , the time when they are ...
It seems likely that the supposed preference of birds for flying head to wind has been deduced from the fact that when birds arrive at their journey's end they always are , in fact , approaching from leeward , the time when they are ...
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