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What Bird is Cooing from High Up in the Treetops Instead of from a Clock in Southern Ontario?

Posted on 2015 06 28 by BetCrooks

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You’d have to be Cuckoo to want to eat spiny, hairy caterpillars.

Posted in Focus | Tagged Black-billed Cuckoo, Cicada, Cuckoo, Eastern Tent Caterpillar, Forest Tent Caterpillar, Riverwood Conservancy, Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Please Comment

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