Wild Parakeets Splash Color on Seattle's Gray Skies
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They fly through the park shrieking and squawking, their chartreuse feathers flashing. Nobody in Florida, Mexico or another tropical place would give them a second look.
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The survival of some Iowa bird species is threatened, primarily because of habitat loss, according to a group dedicated to the conservation of wild birds.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky recalls how American robins and other species visited his California yard for a few weeks in January, when a pyracantha bush produced its ripe berries.
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Thanks to the islandâs variety of different habitats, Kodiak was again a rewarding place for people who participated in the annual Christmas Bird Count, Saturday.
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An animal the size of a small squirrel experimented with aerial life about the same time as birds, scientists said.
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By Cara Solomon, Seattle Times  Feb. 17--Only a few nest now in the wetlands at the edge of downtown. But great blue herons once lived here in legion, long-legged, long-necked creatures wandering a wide expanse of land.
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Using special tags, scientists have learned where gray-headed albatrosses fly between mating seasons. The finding may aid 19 threatened species.
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HENNEPIN, Ill. -- As steam rises from flat fingers of water reflecting an iron-gray sky, Donald Hey climbs to the top of an observation tower to watch a flock of American white pelicans huddled among the reeds. These reclaimed wetlands along the Illinois River, a man-made vista of corn and soybea...
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The feathered creatures winging across North America have an obvious gift that land-bound humans lack, but their survival is threatened by earthly concerns.
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lives in the eastern part of the United  States or Canada and gazing skyward on Tuesday evening may have noticed  something strange in their west-northwest sky.
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There&#39;s a scene close to the beginning of Half-Life 2 of an urban vista in which a flock of birds flies toward a pale ecru sky against the backdrop of a very tall, black, ominous building.
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An increasing number of redpolls are dying off in the Fairbanks area this winter, baffling wildlife biologists. Experts had suspected the red-capped finches were dying of salmonellosis, but preliminary cultures did not confirm the presence of the bacteria.
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WARROAD, Minn. - It might have seemed like the birds were fighting back against a Duluth hunter on a recent trip to far northern Minnesota...
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Biologists who have been working for years to reintroduce the endangered northern aplomado falcon to its historic range across the Southwest said Thursday they have spotted baby birds in a trio of nests in southern New Mexico and West Texas.
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Birds of paradise braved Chanel's rain-soaked runway on Tuesday as German designer Karl Lagerfeld gave wings to his models to reinvent the style that has made the Paris haute couture house an icon of chic.
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By building homes on prairies, draining wetlands and clearing forests, humans are diminishing bird populations, according to a new National Audubon Society study.
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Nestled in his blue plaid stroller on a recent morning, 1-year-old Justus Zavian de Swan wasn't bothered by the drizzle of rain in downtown Washington. He was transfixed by the twinkling lights and spinning Christmas tree in the window of Macy's at Metro Center.