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Within this pile of fur lives a silver fox, a melanistic form of red fox.

Within this pile of fur lives a silver fox, a melanistic form of red fox.

The more pigment in his food, the redder the house finch male.

A fetching female red-winged blackbird.

Led Zeppelin sang, “We come from the land of the ice and snow. “

The song wasn’t about Minnesota, but it could have been.

This boisterous blue jay is fueled by peanuts.

The Eurasian collared-dove’s species name is decaocto. In Greek mythology, Decaocto was a servant girl changed into a dove by the gods to relieve her suffering. It’s mournful call recalls her former life.

The male brown-headed cowbird’s song is made up of liquid gurgling and sliding whistles.

 This is what happens when Jack Frost steals all the flowers.