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Carolina Wren

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Favoring warmer southern climates, the Carolina wren—the state bird of South Carolina—fills its habitat with sweet songs.
Photograph by Mark Chappell/Animals Animals—Earth Scenes

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A brilliant blur as it plucks a butterfly from the air, the European bee-eater leads a colorful life on three continents.

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