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Darwin’s finches sing out-of-tune call after parasites deform beaks

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www.theguardian.com - Tree finches made famous by Charles Darwin’s visit to the Galapagos islands in the 19th century have gone out of tune because of parasitic infections that damage the birds’ beaks and nostrils. Resear…

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Denver Zoo announces two gay flamingos ahead of Pride - PinkNews · PinkNews

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www.pinknews.co.uk - The city of Denver is celebrating the love story of two gay flamingos at Denver Zoo, named after two LGBT+ icons, *NSYNC’s Lance Bass and Queen’s Freddie Mercury. Despite their differences — Lance is…

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Focus on: Baillon's Crake

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Jonathan Farooqi

www.birdguides.com - Baillon's Crake has a vast global distribution, breeding on no fewer than four continents. The species is named after Louis Antoine François Baillon, an 18th century French naturalist who amassed som…

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Northern Bald Ibis: baldly leading the way in ibis conservation

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BirdLife International

www.birdlife.org - With the setting sun still warming a sandstone ledge on Morocco’s west coast one evening in November, a bulky bird tenderly preens its partner’s feathers using its long, scythe-shaped beak. As its bl…

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Arnside in Cumbria - A Fantastic Short Break in an Overlooked Area – Self Arranged Journeys

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Lord Arnaud Elléouet of Glencoe & Lochaber

selfarrangedjourneys.com - (This post contains some affiliate links, which help to fund the site. For more information please see the Disclosure) Matt and I recently returned from a spontaneous short break in Arnside – a place…

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For the Philippine eagle, a shot at survival means going abroad

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Pablo Rodas-Martini

news.mongabay.com - DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The courtship involves a partition screen in an enclosure the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) calls a pairing dome, where two Philippine eagles (Pithecophaga jefferyi) are…

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ギャラリー：世界の美しい鳥たち

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眼鏡魚@スズメ好き

natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp - ハクチョウ Oinukake, Miyagi, Japan（Photograph By Hiromi Kano, National Geographic Your Shot） シロフクロウのひな Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada（Photograph By Fred Lemire, National Geographic Your Shot） 卵からかえるエミューのひな Curd…

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Flamingos Lance Bass and Freddie Mercury find love at Denver Zoo

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www.denverpost.com - You’ve spoken: Memorial Rock, the giant boulder that destroyed Colorado Highway 145, should have been named … Four wounded in shooting near E. Mississippi Avenue, S. Peoria Street in Aurora Why would…

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The Remarkable Winter Wildlife of Svalbard

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Life in Norway

www.lifeinnorway.net - Meet some of the animals and birdlife that call the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard home. I went to Svalbard last month primarily for the landscapes and to meet the people. But it was some of the othe…

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Baby pterosaurs may have hatched ready to fly right out of the egg

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HighFrequency

www.newscientist.com - Pterosaurs were born to fly. An analysis of a cache of pterosaur eggs discovered in 2017 adds to the debate over whether these winged reptiles hatched ready to fly – and shows that they may have brok…

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Love songs from paradise take a nosedive

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phys.org - The Galápagos Islands finches named after Charles Darwin are starting to sing a different tune because of an introduced pest on the once pristine environment. International bird ecology experts, incl…

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Securing the future for our struggling swifts

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RSPB

www.rspb.org.uk - A brand-new home for swifts has been publicly launched today at Queen Alexandra House, Cardiff Bay Barrage. In a project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and led by Glamorgan Bird Club, R…

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Tree and hedge removal at sensitive times for nature

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The Orchard Tea Room

www.rspb.org.uk - Our nature is in crisis. Trees and hedgerows provide vital food and shelter for wildlife, particularly in urban areas where natural food and cover may be harder to find. Yet we are receiving increasi…

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Global Big Day 2019: the biggest day in birding - eBird

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Sean

ebird.org - This White-eared Hummingbird was one of the 429 species reported in Honduras on Global Big Day. Photo © Carlos Funes/Macaulay Library. Latin America takes Global Big Day to a level unlike anywhere el…