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10 Tips for Attracting Bluebirds

The bluebird is well named, for he wears a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail; no North American bird better deserves the name, for no other flashes before our admiring eyes so much brilliant blue. With their gorgeous colors, musical voices and gentle habits, who wouldn’t want to welcome these beauties into the backyard? Attracting bluebirds can take some time and patience. But once you’ve won them over, they’ll bring their special bluebird pizzazz to any yard or garden.

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Raccoon, The Nighttime Bandit

Raccoons are incredibly smart. On the mammal IQ scale, they rank just below the primates, higher than most domestic animals such as cats and dogs. That is probably why this fluffy fellow have almost no fear of men. Of course, it will run away when you get too close, but compare to other backyard animals raccoons are the most impudent for sure. They are also amazingly adaptable and contrary to popular belief have benefited more from the presence of humans than not. Apparently, there are many perks in our backyard.

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Skipper Butterfly

Skippers differ from the true butterflies in their proportionately larger bodies, smaller wings, and hooked antennae, among many other structural differences, and can be confused with the moths. These smallish butterflies earns their common Skippers name for their jerky, skipping flight as they wing their erratic way from flower to flower. 

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Two hours

I am not going to tell you a big story this time. Instead, I would like to show you the wild life you can find outside after spending only two hours. The amazingly different behavior of animals and birds. You will see a lot, if you just stop and look around and notice something naturally beautiful each day. I am certain you would have a lot different life.

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Mockingjay?

Well, I am not a big fan of The Hunger Games, but I swear that I heard the theme Mockingjay call the other day. 

At the first, I thought that my mind was playing a trick on me, but later that day I heard it several more times again. Filled with curiosity, I started to look for an information about what the Hell Mockingjay is. And guess what? 

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