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Breeding bird species include Palaearctic marsh birds such as coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus, as well as a relict sub-species of Barbary partridge Alectoris barbara duprezii.
Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
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Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water.
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This close relative of the gallinules and moorhens lives on open water and is sometimes mistaken for a duck.
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Other birds that seemed to be flushed out by the truck were a few moorhens, a single purple swamphen, and a pair of marbled teals.
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The beast also chased Etty Moorhen within an inch of her life.
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The ducks are among hundreds of wildfowl, including moorhens, coots and Canada geese based at the university, which is famed for its natural habitat.
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Breeding bird species include Palaearctic marsh birds such as coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus, as well as a relict sub-species of Barbary partridge Alectoris barbara duprezii.
Tassili N'Ajjer National Park, Algeria
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‘I think it's nice to see them, because I think having wildlife, such as swans, ducks and moorhens only enhances the river's appearance,’ he said.
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The moat is large enough to provide living accommodation for the moorhens as well as a number of resident and visiting ducks and, except in a very hot summer, well supplied with water to cater for plenty of aquatic activities.
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At Vedanthangal one can sight glossy and white ibis, painted storks, grey pelicans, shovellors, garganey, whistling teals, Indian moorhen and dabchicks, says K. Murugan, who briefs visitors on the bird species.
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Although Moorhens are sometimes seen in unusual localities along the coast, definite evidence of migration in Sussex is very scant.
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The fog still gliding in and out --- like a suspicious moorhen treading water with its prodigious pale toes on a busy river.
BEHINDLINGS
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Pheasant tailed jacanas and Indian moorhen are the main attractions at the Madhavaram and Manali jheels.
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At Vedanthangal one can sight glossy and white ibis, painted storks, grey pelicans, shovellors, garganey, whistling teals, Indian moorhen and dabchicks.
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‘Moorhen of Dharma’: Dharma can be difficult to contemplate when in pain; the moorhen, or ‘skitty coot,’ is a ridiculous-looking, weak bird.
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Other birds that seemed to be flushed out by the truck were a few moorhens, a single purple swamphen, and a pair of marbled teals.
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Visitors can also take on one of the seven nature walks to see herons, moorhens and ducks in the wetland areas.
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Nearby a moorhen was incubating a clutch of eggs.
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Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water.
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I've woken at dawn to a sleeping village, nursed a mug of coffee in the chill of the open cockpit, watched a moorhen scutter across the smoking water, heard church bells chime the hour and felt—as it's so easy to do on the canals—at one with England.
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There's a bench here and you could spend time looking out for moorhens, coots, wagtails and warblers, and the fish that attract them.
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I've woken at dawn to a sleeping village, nursed a mug of coffee in the chill of the open cockpit, watched a moorhen scutter across the smoking water, heard church bells chime the hour and felt—as it's so easy to do on the canals—at one with England.
The Best Way Through England Is Wet
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Going around the lake I observed crested grebes, coots, moorhens, ducks, swans and herons.
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A moorhen had come into sight, paddling gently down the centre of the water.
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Going around the lake I observed crested grebes, coots, moorhens, ducks, swans and herons.
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Activities include history and storytelling from kupuna, plus a walk to spot the magnificent Hawaiian moorhen, or 'alae' ula (10 a.m.); a native plant walk (11 a.m.);
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Stevenson describes herons rising from the water's edge and an abundance of moorhens and coots.
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'scrape a vlint;' and they laughed to scorn our idea of skinning them as you do moorhens, whose 'dowl' no fingers can pick.
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The website provides students with a guide to the number of moorhens, mallards, coots and other wildfowl to be found on streams, ponds and other stretches of water near their chosen university.
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But the moorhen is two birds killed with one act of kindness.
Chris Hutchinson on Jeramy Dodds
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We ambled by the water passing moorhens, ducks, geese, rabbits and squirrels.
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But the birds were there -- purple moorhen, jacanas and teals.
Birds of Baikka Beel (Sylhet Division)
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‘New pools are attractive to dragonflies, butterflies and damselflies and should in time attract moorhens, ducks and other water birds, as well as being a peaceful area for staff to enjoy during their breaks,’ he added.
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Local residents have argued that the idea could destroy a quiet riverside environment where lilies grow and moorhens swim.
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The laundry pond had a few coots and a couple of moorhens.
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The beautifully coloured and almost transparently winged golden moorhen covers every stretch of water inland, and the "chaja" or wild turkey, one of the most useless birds in the Chaco, and quite uneatable, sends forth his dismal cry "chaja.
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New Mexico: Non-toxic ammunition required for common moorhen; sora, a freshwater marsh bird; Virginia rail and snipe with shotguns, as well as dove, band-tailed pigeon, upland game or migratory game birds on all State Game Commission owned or managed areas.
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The canal is a breeding ground for swans, geese, moorhens and other wildlife.
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The canal is a breeding ground for swans, geese, moorhens and other wildlife.
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Every spring the moorhens build themselves a nest on a raft of twigs or on the bank at the waterline, for a clutch of speckled brown eggs to bring off a hatch of four or five tiny brown-black chicks.
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The website provides students with a guide to the number of moorhens, mallards, coots and other wildfowl to be found on streams, ponds and other stretches of water near their chosen university.
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The oasis was my only source for waterfowl, and I spotted a little bittern, a moorhen and a pair of red-wattled plovers with their distinctive - if not extremely annoying - voice.
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On the lake there are mallard, moorhen and other water birds as well.
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A moorhen called from inside the reeds and then flew across the pond.
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A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds.
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A tiny rill meandered beneath a stone slab and as I crossed this a lurking moorhen was startled into headlong escape downstream, soon hidden beneath a golden tangle of overhanging gorse.
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The little oasis on Buckshaw Hall Road, off Chancery Road, has been home to kingfishers, herons, mallard and a moorhen that has recently settled there.
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On another occasion, I showed the boys the foot of a baby moorhen that had been eaten by an otter and then showed them some otter spraint (droppings), explaining that otters always spraint when they have finished eating.
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A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds.
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Nor is Dodds above making pop-culture quips: “But it always comes out like a Gilbert-without-/Sullivan song” or refiguring common proverbs: “But the moorhen is two birds killed/with one act of kindness.”
Chris Hutchinson on Jeramy Dodds
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Other birds I saw near the pond were coot, moorhen, purple swamphen and a few Gray Wagtails walking around near the water.
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Willows provide nesting sites for several types of finches and many different birds can be seen throughout the year, including cuckoos, yellowhammers, mallards, moorhens and whitethroats.
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The ducks are among hundreds of wildfowl, including moorhens, coots and Canada geese based at the university, which is famed for its natural habitat.
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His hand smacked the roof of his car with a crack that sent a bank-strolling moorhen leaping into the river in alarm.
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The male moorhen about the same size as a small chicken was close to death when walkers spotted him bobbing in the River Ray.
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New Mexico: Non-toxic ammunition required for common moorhen; sora, a freshwater marsh bird; Virginia rail and snipe with shotguns, as well as dove, band-tailed pigeon, upland game or migratory game birds on all State Game Commission owned or managed areas.
Iowa in middle of lead-shot skirmish
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The pond also had a few coots and moorhens swimming around.
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Some bird species utilize the region for breeding, for example, coot (Fulica atra), moorhen (Gallinula choropus) and a relic subspecies of the Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara duprezii) utilize these patches of suitable habitat.
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