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Birders

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3. i posted that bird's link

Reply to Beringia (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 11:20 AM

Nov 2019

due to the unreal aspect of his tail ... that bird is a subject in chapters of Richard Dawkin's The Blind Watchmaker due to adaptation of the length of the tail, in both sexual preferences and survival itself ... the female's preference for long tailed males, and the tail potentially a hazard to the males survival ...

great book, and an interesting if unreal bird

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A few Unreal Beautiful Birds from Macaulay Cornell Bird library [View all] Beringia Nov 2019 OP

Long Tail Widow bird dweller Nov 2019 #1

It has same coloring as male Red-winged blackbird Beringia Nov 2019 #2

i posted that bird's link dweller Nov 2019 #3

Ya, the tail is exceptional Beringia Nov 2019 #4

Note to self: plan a bird watching trip for up north Mersky Nov 2019 #5

shhh, dont tell sce. lovely little singers .:) AllaN01Bear Nov 2019 #6

I don't understand, what does sce mean? Beringia Nov 2019 #7

salmon enchanted evening . posts a sunday colunm called lol cats . AllaN01Bear Nov 2019 #8

Thanks Beringia Nov 2019 #9