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Ice Age Birds Revealed In Florida Fossil Find
Smithsonian curator Dr. Alexander Wetmore reported a large Florida bone bed near Vero showing modern bird species in Ice Age marshes. Forty eight species identified include ducks, geese, spoonbills, herons, a South American stork, extinct whooping crane, a larger Florida condor identical to the California form, and a three spurred American turkey gobbler.
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