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In this episode, I recap some spring birding adventures and highlight my most recent lifer, the Montezuma Quail.
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References

• Albers, R.P. & Gehlbach, F. R. (1990). Choices of Feeding Habitat by Relict Montezuma Quail in Central Texas. The Wilson Bulletin, 102(2), 300–308. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4162867
• All About Birds (n.d.). Montezuma Quail. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Montezuma_Quail/lifehistory
• Greene, C.D., Harveson, L.A., Cross, J.G., Luna, R.S. (2020, Jan). Spatial ecology and habitat utilization of Montezuma Quail in the Davis Mountains of Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 72:1.
• Hernandez, F., Harveson, L. A., & Brewer, C. E. (2006). A Comparison of Trapping Techniques for Montezuma Quail. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 34(4), 1212–1215. https://doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1212:ACOTTF]2.0.CO;2
• Mathur, S, DeWoody, JA Genetic load has potential in large populations but is realized in small inbred populations. Evol Appl. 2021; 14: 1540– 1557. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13216
• Mathur, S., Tomeček, J.M., Heniff, A. et al. Evidence of genetic erosion in a peripheral population of a North American game bird: the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae). Conserv Genet 20 , 1369–1381 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01218-9
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (n.d.). Montezuma Quail. AgriLife Extension Wildlife & Fisheries. https://wildlife.tamu.edu/montezuma-quail-reversing-the-quail-decline-initiative/

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In this episode, we explore the life, habits, and poetry of the American Dipper. Join me in celebrating America's only aquatic bird.
References
Dunn, P. (2006). Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Gallegher, C.P. and Lea, E.V. (2019). Overwintering habitat of American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, Observed in an arctic groundwater spring feeding on Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma. The Arctic Institute of North America. 72(1): 82-87. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic67805

Johnson, T. M. (2021, April, 1). American Dipper [Letters to the editor]. Anchorage Daily News. https://www.adn.com/opinions/letters/2021/04/01/poem-american-dipper/

Sibley, D. A. (2001). The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior 1st ed..Knopf.