#birdabcs

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The latest batch from the Bird ABCs:

M: Mariana Fruit-Dove (official bird of the Northern Mariana Islands)

N: Northern Shrike (a BADASS predatory songbird!!)

O: Oregon Junco (cute floof bathing in a puddle)

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The second batch from my Bird ABCs on twitter! Dunlin, Eared Grebe, and Flammulated Owl.

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Bird ABCs continued:

P: Pacific Kingfisher

Q: Qiliania (an extinct member of Enantiornithes)

R: Red Crossbill (female)

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Got a set of four for this BirdABC batch! That means there’s only one set of four remaining in the whole set. Phew! Almost done.

S: Sandhill Crane, widespread in North America

T: Tinian Monarch, found only in the Northern Mariana Islands

U: Upland Sandpiper, a sandpiper that thinks it’s a miniature Sandhill Crane and doesn’t go to the coast at all

V: Varied Tit, South Korea’s cutest contribution to the tits and chickadees (and they’re found elsewhere too, but that’s where I saw one!)

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BirdABCs set 3! Again, if you would prefer to see these as they come out, as well as a little info blurb with each one, twitter (@tinylongwing) is the place to do so.

G: Golden White-eye

H: Harlequin Duck

I: ‘I’iwi