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... nest under every bridge . There is even , down near the mouth of the canyon , where Granite Creek flows into the Hoback , a fa- mous ouzel nest on a granite boulder in mid - stream , visible from the road . It is famous because Olaus J ...
... nest under every bridge . There is even , down near the mouth of the canyon , where Granite Creek flows into the Hoback , a fa- mous ouzel nest on a granite boulder in mid - stream , visible from the road . It is famous because Olaus J ...
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... nest is a very old one , but is still repaired and used every year . I've seen the parents feeding the young , even seen their red mouths gaping , not upwards like young robins , but downwards , in an opening of the nest right above the ...
... nest is a very old one , but is still repaired and used every year . I've seen the parents feeding the young , even seen their red mouths gaping , not upwards like young robins , but downwards , in an opening of the nest right above the ...
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... Nest Murie's account of the nest , " Granite Creek a Little Part of Jackson Hole , " appeared in Naturalist , XII , no . 1 ( Spring , 1961 ) , 1-5 ; so also did his " testimony opposing construction of the dams " on the Upper Snake ...
... Nest Murie's account of the nest , " Granite Creek a Little Part of Jackson Hole , " appeared in Naturalist , XII , no . 1 ( Spring , 1961 ) , 1-5 ; so also did his " testimony opposing construction of the dams " on the Upper Snake ...
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