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    Article- Arthropod/Insect/Dragonfly basics

    hi i wasin chicago in the s i saw a butterfly that rose quickly and would fly around feeding very fast in the air and the settled down again intersesting it was mostly black on the wings and a little res skippers or butterfly we dont have these in sweden also dragonflies that fly like small...
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    Article- Arthropod/Insect/Dragonfly basics

    hi i was in chicago this ]summer and i saw a butterfly or skipper that rose quickly up in the air flew around fast and then settled again on the same spot never seen in sweden also some very big fast dragonflies flying around even in the streets like a helicopter i they are not that big and fast...
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    ID please Central Park,New York 9th May

    hello i was in chicago this summer and saw a butterfly that rose quickly up in the air flying around feeding and the settled down again on the same spot i also saw some very fast dragonflies flying like a helicopter in the air do you know what kind of species they were .i amkind of new to...
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    Butterflies for Learners

    butterflies ,dragonflies in chicago.johnnyb39. hello i was in chicago this summer and saw some very fast butterfly it rose quickly up in the air feeding and flying around and then settled down again on the same spot. i also saw some very fast dragonflies i think ,flying like a small helicopter...
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    Butterflies for Learners

    hi !I don´t know so much abouto butterflies but i was in chicago this summer and saw big monarch butterflies flying .and also i saw some butterflies maybe skippers . which rose very quickly and flew around feeding in the air and then settled again on the same spot it arouse from . do you...
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    the big dragonflies and butterflies in chicago

    hello! iI was in chicago on vacation in july and was amazed by the huge dragonflies flying around in chicago streets.maybe it was small hummingbirds but i think it was dragonflies I´m not so familiar with the insects in chicagoland but could anyone tell me something about the dragonflies...
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    Illinois

    hello,i was in chicago a week ago 2007 and it was beatiful i was dazzled by the big dragonflies and butterflies right on the streets in chicago i have never seen so big before maybe it was hummingbirds or insects ,could anyone tell me , anyway lincoln park is good the peggu notebaert...
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    Chicago in early October, any good places?

    hello, I was in chicago a week ago on vacation .I didnt only go birding.but I saw some beatiful birds and ,butterflies i,nsects .I would recommend the naturemuseums in lincoln park . I was in the peggy notebaert naturemuseum and in the park by the north pond saw lots of admirals and...
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    rode side birding

    hello i was in chicago on vacation 2 weeks ago and it was beatiful , in lincoln park was a butterfly and bird museum and lots of redwinged blackbirds in the park funny birdsong , grey squirrels admiral butterflies viceroys ,huge dragonflies , we dont have them so big in sweden where i...
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    Greetings from Naperville (outside Chicago)

    hi i was in chicago a week ago on vacatio, and it is a fantastic city, i didnt see so many birds on this trip but i would like to come back later. i heard about the magic hedge , a real migration bird place. but i was not there, but i did see rosy finches in the streets strolled thru the...
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    Ivory-billed Woodpecker (formerly updates)

    in sweden we have a very rare almost extinct species of woodpecker the whitebacked woodpecker dont know the latin name though due to over logging old decayed trees johnnyb39 stockholm. sweden .
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    Comment by 'johnnyb39' in media 'Glowing Green'

    oh very beatiful greenfinches i have them often outside on my feeder johnnyb sweden stockholm..
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    bluebirds vagrancy to europe.

    hi, I wonder about vagrant birds , that stray over the atlantic like for example american bluejays and even bluebirds in britain, ireland or somewhere in western palearctic .I know some american warblers come and some american robins but they are migrant birds ,so i think they can...
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    Comment by 'johnnyb39' in media 'American Robin - Wishing for a Warmer Day'

    lovely bird id like to see one in sweden .the closest we have is the black bird turdus merula a cousin american robin is turdus migratorius i think how many vagrants come to western europe england get them every eyar i guess but not many here johnnyb 39
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    johnnyb39

    hello i live in stockholm sweden. :hi:
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