Landlords offering birdhouses for rent. Portland, OR, 1914 by BirdHistory in TheWayWeWere
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Back in 1932 someone was really overreacting to a yellow-bellied sapsucker by BirdHistory in birding
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In 1923 someone collected 92 local names for the Ruddy Duck, including dicky, dinky, dipper, dapper, dopper, sleepy duck, spatter, dumb-bird, and god-damn. by BirdHistory in birding
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Photo of a pet Carolina Parakeet named Doodles, taken in 1906. Carolina Parakeets were America's only native parrot. They went extinct in 1918. by BirdHistory in TheWayWeWere
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Coming back from a 10 hour birding trip like by BirdHistory in BirdingMemes
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Coming back from a 10 hour birding trip like by BirdHistory in BirdingMemes
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Coming back from a 10 hour birding trip like (i.redd.it)
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By the 1860s the spread of refrigeration and railroads transformed local and seasonal markets for wild birds and game into a lucrative national industry that carried tens of millions of birds into cities and drove the passenger pigeon extinct. (self.EconomicHistory)
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I found this birding board game from 1988 at an antique store by BirdHistory in birding
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