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Amazing! Bird steals egg camera & films penguin colony from the air
A striated caracara, intrigued by our spy egg-cam, decides to fly off with our camera but in the process captures the first ever aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony shot by a flying bird.
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58-Million-Year-Old Flying Seabird Discovered in New Zealand
An international group of paleontologists reported the discovery of a fossil seabird species that lived in what is modern New Zealand during the early Paleocene, around 58 million years ago. The bird, named Australornis lovei, is one of the world’s oldest species of flying seabirds.
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A kingfisher doing his thing
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. Kingfishers feed on a wide variety of items. They are most famous for hunting and eating fish, and some species do specialise in catching fish, but other species take crustaceans, frogs and other amphibians, annelid worms, molluscs, insects, spiders, centipedes, reptiles (including snakes) and even birds and mammals.
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A History of the Pigeon
One hundred and seventy-five years ago, Charles Darwin set out with a survey voyage, aboard the HMS Beagle, in what would be a groundbreaking expedition for his own theories, and the way the world would come to see the origin of species. Darwin brought this curiosity home to England, and found a way to test his thoughts on speciation, using an animal equally admired and despised: the pigeon.
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Up to a Billion Birds Die in the U.S. Annually Crashing into Windows
A new report finds that between 365 and 988 million birds die annually from crashing into windows in the United States alone. That's 10 percent of the bird population of the entire country, according to the Washington Post.
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The Startling Intelligence of the Common Chicken
Chickens are smart, and they understand their world, which raises troubling questions about how they are treated on factory farms
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Vultures: Nature’s rubbish collectors who never strike
Vultures are often derided for being ugly and smelly – but these incredibly efficient scavengers help humanity by eating waste and preventing disease.
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A Loving Little Penguin Chases After His Zookeeper in Japan
In this video, a loving little penguin named Sakura chases after his Zookeeper at the Matsue Vogel Park in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
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2014 Great Backyard Bird Count starts today!
The 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count takes place worldwide February 14-17. It's your chance to help scientists track the health of bird populations.
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American Crow
Learn how to identify American Crow, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos.
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India's Pigeon Saviors
Thousands of birds are injured every year by the sharpened strands. Cats, dogs, and bats also fall victim—as do motorcycle drivers, with some accidents proving fatal. Armies of volunteers tear through cities to rescue injured animals, responding to phone calls that are placed to hotlines. The hotlines are advertised on billboards and television. Owls, flamingoes, and egrets are among the more elegant of the avian victims; black kites and vultures the most rugged.
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World’s oldest wild bird gives birth at age 63
An albatross named Wisdom is thought to be the oldest wild bird - and the oldest bird mom - in the world. Her latest chick hatched in early February on Midway Atoll.
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Climate Change Pushing Tropical Birds Up the Mountain…and Off
Many tropical mountain birds are shifting their ranges upslope to escape warming temperatures that disrupt their way of life, according to research by a husband-and-wife team from the Cornell Lab
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Hand Raising a Baby Songbird
Here is the little chick on the first day. My brother had been out jogging, and found it on the sidewalk. It was actually still attached to part of its shell and some dried membranes. Clearly freshly hatched, we were unable to locate the nest in the group of trees above us. **NOTE** if you find a bird this young, it is best to try to locate the nest and put it back in. There is a myth that you can't touch a baby bird, because the parents will reject it due to the smell of humans.
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21,000 Birds Killed In France By Winter Storms
France has not seen a bird "slaughter" this large since 1900.
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GoPro: Pelican Learns To Fly
Abandoned by his flock, Bigbird the pelican stumbled ashore after a storm and was taken in by the staff of Greystoke Mahale in Tanzania. Watch as Bigbird learns to fly for the first time.
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Platte River Sandhill Cranes: Enjoying North America’s Greatest Bird Spectacle
Each year, more than 500,000 cranes congregate along 70 miles of Nebraska's Platte River.
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New bird family discovered in Asia
A unique family of birds containing just one species has been discovered by researchers.
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Of Drones and Cranes: UAV Technology Aids California Bird Conservation
Sandhill Cranes congregate in great numbers at night, crowded together in flooded fields. How can California conservationists accurately count them. Enter a new tool in bird monitoring: the drone.
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25 years later, volunteer recalls cleaning birds, otters caught in Exxon Valdez spill
Lake Minchumina — In March 1989 a Cat tractor opened the trail from Minchumina to Nenana, and that’s how I happened to volunteer during the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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