Fugitive Flamingo Finds Fine-Feathered Friend
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By Louise Popplewell, Victoria Advocate, Texas  Dec. 18--AUSTWELL -- A greater flamingo that escaped from a Kansas zoo and made a 600-mile trip to South Texas has apparently found a companion in a Caribbean flamingo that probably blew in with last summer's Katrina and Rita hurricanes.
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Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a rare falcon that appears to have made a wrong turn, ended up half a world away and may never find its way home.
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Rift Valley plan threatens to wipe out flamingos.
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It doesn't seem to matter to one puffin waddling over to join another of the birds that his chosen companion is a one-legged, wooden decoy. Puffins love company.
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By Matt Dees, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 24--DURHAM -- The bright yellow fugitives made a swim for it, but Tex Law was ready for 'em.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A 5-foot-long boa constrictor caught slithering around a middle school had some help getting to class. His owner, a student at Wooddale Middle School, smuggled the reptile in his backpack on Thursday. The student, who was not identified by school officials, was disciplined.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Two Andean condors, considered the world's largest flying bird, were set free on Tuesday in the Andes foothills just east of Santiago by veterinarians of the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo.
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U.S. Border police found ten Amazon parrots stuffed in the duffel bag of a man crossing from Mexico, authorities said on Thursday.
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A dog may be a man&#39;s best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
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RAYVILLE, La. - The chief deputy of Richland Parish didn't just capture the 8-foot snake that had stopped highway traffic. He recognized it. That let Chief Deputy Terry Thompson reunite the one-eyed boa constrictor with its owner, who had lost it when he moved to Rayville in March.
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A striking multi-colored bird has   been discovered in India's remote northeast, making it the   first ornithological find in the country in more than half a   century, experts said on Tuesday.
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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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By Lisa Gibson, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 4--A new resident has made a temporary home in Grand Forks on the smiley-face water tower off Washington Street.   A male peregrine falcon has been living in a nest box on the tower since mid-April.
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By Susan E. White, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 8--VIRGINIA BEACH -   They're gaining weight, preening and getting feisty -- at least three healthy signs for the brown pelicans that were rescued last week near Lake Rudee.
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By Natalie P. Mcneal, The Miami Herald  Jun. 24--Picture a South Florida rarely seen except on postcards.   Blue herons daintily picking their way through lush foliage. A water lily pond with its own pavilion. An unspoiled dirt path leading to an enchanted forest.
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EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - New Jersey Turnpike officials are trying to find the owner of a parrot that dropped in on them unexpectedly...
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PUERTO AYORA, Ecuador  - While scientists search for a mate for "Lonesome George" -- the last known survivor of a species of Galapagos tortoise -- some say the effort to fend off extinction may be in vain.