Waiting for storks in Croatia's European village
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The wooden houses in Cigoc, Croatia's European stork village, have fallen silent since their feathered inhabitants flew south before the autumn rains turn the area into a vast marsh.
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VIENNA, Austria  - Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are chilling out in hotel pools.
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Science & environment: Operation underway to halt a feared invasion of rats from destroying important seabird breeding station
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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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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A stork called Max has achieved a world record after spending more than seven years under satellite surveillance, the longest ever duration for an animal, scientists in Switzerland said.
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Some wild turkeys, it appears, were trying to get out of New Jersey before Thanksgiving Day.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - At Tirawi Butchers in the   Balata refugee camp, there is just one piece of meat hanging   from a steel hook, and the only thing showing any interest in   it is a small swarm of wasps.
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Cambridge, England, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- British and Filipino researchers have found a new bird species on a remote island in the northern Philippines, which is a relative to the familiar Moorhen.
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Birdwatchers are descending on a rural area near this southern Wisconsin community following the sighting of what is believed to be a green-breasted mango, a type of hummingbird commonly seen in parts of Mexico and Central America.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow
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The future of nearly half of all European bird species is under threat because of man&#39;s impact on the environment, a report warns today.
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threatened that they may disappear soon due to intensive agriculture and climate change, scientists say. &quot;The number of bird species in trouble across Europe is rising,&quot; said BirdLife, a British-based conservation group.
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POSTOJNA, Slovenia  - Elka Strojan and her 30-strong Roma Gypsy family, forced to swap a house for three rooms in a former army barracks, highlight the precarious existence in the Balkans of Europe's largest minority.
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They rarely see each other, spend winters in different countries and don't communicate for long periods but pairs of a species of Icelandic migratory birds know exactly when to return home to breed.
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By RICHARD HINTON  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin its habitat restoration work this week for two species of protected birds, weather permitting.  The project targets six sandbars on Lake Oahe, south of Bismarck.