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Lieberman, Lamont Build Cases for Senate

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Published July 24, 2006 at 4:00 PM EDT

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Red-bellied Woodpecker Introduction

Dr. Jerry Jackson

Red-bellied Woodpeckers are the most commonly seen woodpeckers in Florida in part because they are generalists that forage for insects, spiders, small lizards, and fruit in trees and on the ground in our yards and parks. Unfortunately, they are about the size of European Starlings and Starlings often usurp their cavities.Red-bellied Woodpeckers commonly visit bird feeders where they consume peanut butter-cornmeal mixtures smeared into shallow drilled holes or on tree bark. They readily take bird seeds, clinging with difficulty on metal and plastic surfaces to retrieve them.
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Bonita-to-Estero Rail Trail project prompts talks about landowner compensation for property taken

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Once Seminole Gulf Railway finalizes the sale of 11.4 miles of right-of-way for the Bonita Estero Rail Trail, a new kind of negotiation begins. As many as 50 landowners will be eligible to sue the federal government for compensation once the right-of-way is sold to the Land for Public Trust. The $60 million sale is expected to be official later this summer or early fall.
Human Interest

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