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Sounds of Spring: the Red-bellied Woodpecker
Sounds of Spring: the Red-bellied Woodpecker

April 22, 2024 - As the silence of winter gives way to the beautiful sounds of spring, gently falling rain or thunderous storms; birds chirping; lawn mowers gearing up for the first time, and... what is that drilling sound on the house? It could be a beautiful Red-bellied Woodpecker!

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cacophony: nounnoise, different sounds that together can be loud and objectionable Find it in blue in today's top story!

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Today In History

November 3

1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, carrying Laika, a dog and the first living creature to orbit the Earth.

1948: The erroneous "Dewey defeats Truman" headline was published in the Chicago Tribune.

1718: John Montague, the Fourth Earl of Sandwich who is credited with inventing the sandwich and for whom the Sandwich Islands are named, was born.
   

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