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Winging over the Lakes

on October 18, 2022

Need help solving this crossword? Learn more about the Magpie Goose as Professor Barry Mins studies kinds that may have been on the Ark.

Magpie Goose

Magpie Goose
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Across

  • 1. Often nine or ___ eggs are produced in the breeding season.
  • 4. Nest building is begun about two ______ before the eggs are laid.
  • 5. This kind is made up of a ______ species.
  • 10. Eggs are _________ for approximately twenty-five days.
  • 12. It is common in its native _____.
  • 13. This week's kind is the Magpie _____.

Down

  • 2. Sometimes females lay eggs in _____ that don't belong to them.
  • 3. It has been described as a living ______.
  • 6. They are primarily _________ but will come out during the day at times.
  • 7. The _____ usually build the nests.
  • 8. These birds are found in New ______ and Northern Australia.
  • 9. It is distributed widely in waterways and ______ in its range.
  • 11. Magpie Geese love _____.

Word Bank

  • Water
  • Guinea
  • Fossil
  • Goose
  • Ten
  • Incubated
  • Males
  • Months
  • Swamps
  • Nests
  • Single
  • Range
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