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I would like to propose that we’re onto something here with birds and theirapparent propensity for odd habitats like power stations. For example,consider these additional odd connections:
Paper Company Parking Lots: Scissor-tailed flycatcher and Black and White Warbler
Men’s and Women’s Forest Preserve Latrines: Screech Owls, red, gray and brown phases
Any Architectural Structure by Donald Trump: Bald, Golden and Ribald Eagles
Proctology Offices: Long Billed Curlew and Spotted Sandpipers
Planned Parenthood Offices: Red Shafted Flicker and Hairy Woodpecker
— Christopher Cudworth, Illinois Birders Exchanging Thoughts (IBET) listserv participant
(Source: Yahoo!)
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No other group of organisms has the collective genetic memory representing the distillation of thousands of generations of adaptation and selection pressures for the vicissitudes of site, process, and environment at this particular locus on the planet.
— Swink & Wilhelm
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