Camo Chicks
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Description: English: This unbelievably cute animal is a Bristle-thighed Curlew chick. Bristle-thighed Curlews are large shorebirds that breed in Alaska and spend the non-breeding season on atolls and small islands throughout Oceania. Berries like crowberries and blueberries tend to be a preferred food, as well as mosquitoes which are abundant in western Alaska—mmmm, yum! And just like Harry Potter and his invisibility cloak, the coloring and pattern of these downy chicks provides camouflage to protect them from avian and mammalian predators. Learn more at bit.ly/curlews. Date: 31 July 2014, 08:22:15. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/27784370@N05/14793593995/. Author: U.S. Geological Survey.
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- Numenius tahitiensis (Bristle-thighed Curlew)
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