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... warbler a novice bird - watcher sees and knows to be one , or the first Kirtland's warbler an ornithologist observes for himself in the lower peninsula of Michigan . Whatever the discovery , its uniqueness is an essential part of the ...
... warbler a novice bird - watcher sees and knows to be one , or the first Kirtland's warbler an ornithologist observes for himself in the lower peninsula of Michigan . Whatever the discovery , its uniqueness is an essential part of the ...
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... warbler , or of some hawk or sandpiper . If we recognize our bird as a Nashville warbler , or as a sharp - shinned hawk , or as a pectoral sandpiper , we have learned our lesson well . Then we experience a comfortable , proprietary ...
... warbler , or of some hawk or sandpiper . If we recognize our bird as a Nashville warbler , or as a sharp - shinned hawk , or as a pectoral sandpiper , we have learned our lesson well . Then we experience a comfortable , proprietary ...
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... warbler song we were puzzled by was heard off and on among other warbler songs , many greatly varying in quality and pattern , some only slightly . We thought we had , nevertheless , the troublesome - one firmly fixed in mind . But when ...
... warbler song we were puzzled by was heard off and on among other warbler songs , many greatly varying in quality and pattern , some only slightly . We thought we had , nevertheless , the troublesome - one firmly fixed in mind . But when ...
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