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The sharp-tailed grouse, aka sharptail grouse or fire grouse, is a mid-sized prairie grouse that hails from Alaska, Canada, and the United States. Sans hunting, trapping, and habitat loss, these grouse are not only listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, but their numbers are actually increasing. These grouse number […]

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The great crested grebe, aka pūteketeke or Australasian crested grebe, can be found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. These birds prefer well planted habitats near artificial water bodies, bays, estuaries, freshwater lakes, lagoons, small pools, slow-flowing rivers, and swamps. During the winter months, these birds migrate to warmer habitats […]

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The peacock spider is a species in the jumping spider family that hails from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania. They tolerate a wide variety of habitats from sand dunes to grasslands. These are but 1 of the known 6,000 species of jumping spider. […]

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The American woodcock is an odd bird indeed. From their abnormally long beaks, to their stubby round bodies, and even their brains, these birds are quite unique. Being a migratory bird, the woodcock lives in the North during spring & summer yet spends the colder winter months in the South. […]

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From it’s beautiful plumage to the incredible courtship displays, the Wilson’s bird-of-paradise is a spectacle to behold. This beautiful bird is endemic to the West Papuan islands of Batanta and Waigeo off northern West Papua’s coast in Indonesia. They like lowland rainforests, but can also survive at higher elevations of […]

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The superb bird of paradise is a newly classified species of the birds of paradise family. They were first discovered in 1930. However, they were put into their own species category in 2018. They reside in the rainforests of Indonesian New Guinea. They were recently separated into their own species […]

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Made famous, in part, by plastic lawn ornaments it’s the flamingo. There are 6 known species of flamingo. Flamingos have good hearing but little to no sense of smell. Good thing, cause they can be a bit… messy, if you know what I mean. Did you know that, once they’re […]

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The brolga is a common wetland bird species of tropical and South-Eastern Australia, and New Guinea. Within New South Wales, brolga numbers have been reduced because of widespread drainage of suitable habitat for agriculture, land reclamation, and water regulation, but these birds are still common and widespread throughout Australia’s north. […]

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