Secrets of the Bird's Nest
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Arts & entertainment: Jonathan Glancey sneaks a look inside the Beijing Olympics' signature building, the stunning stadium
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TWITCHERS should book their plane tickets as soon as possible. Wildlife experts yesterday claimed to have discovered a new species of bird in the Philippines. But they immediately warned that the flightless Calayan rail could be driven to extinction by ...
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By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 14--Wooded Island's "Bird Man" is back -- but that doesn't mean Doug Anderson now approves of measures taken to remove several hundred shrubs and small trees on the bird-lover's paradise.
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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 Mary Perez, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--MOSS POINT -- Every once in a while, eagle hatchlings pop their heads out of the nest across the river from the Pascagoula River Audubon Center in Moss Point.  "I've got at least two babies," said Mark LaSalle, center director.
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Find out why breeding and raising chicks along the boulder-strewn Antarctic coast is no cakewalk for these small seabirds.
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Two new fossilized pterosaur eggs have been discovered. The fossils suggest that the dinosaur-era flying reptiles lived in colonies and raised their young, experts say.
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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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THE LIVES lives of dozens of birds - including three rare avocet chicks - are in danger after an oil spillage polluted a North-East nature reserve.  Staff at WWT Washington Wetland Centre, on Wearside, were last night monitoring the water at Wader Lake after oil was found.
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Scientists flock to songbird research, hoping finches and canaries will provide insight into the mysteries of human speech, memory and neuron production. Randy Dotinga reports from the Society for Neuroscience convention in San Diego.
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A secret long held by plants has been revealed by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers.
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By Mustaffa Babjee  THE tranquility of Janda Baik is shared with a variety of exotic plants, blooming flowers and chirping birds. But this village could lose its rustic charm if there is no concerted effort at conservation, writes MUSTAFFA BABJEE.
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A new study shows that golf courses can be good homes for more than one kind of birdie. The study by South Carolina researchers tracked bird mating seasons for two years on 24 golf courses along the Grand Strand. The study found that natural vegetation on the region's courses increases the bird population and variety of birds, as well as drawing other animals.
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A new book helps adults talk to kids about the birds, the bees and Britneyâs underwear in an age when sexual innuendo and provocative images seem to be everywhere.Â
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Maybe it was the private room with soft moss for nesting.
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Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.
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``The Flamenco Academy'' by Sarah Bird; Knopf ($25)  ___  Cyndi Rae Hrncir is an outsider: She's shy, pale, of Czech  descent. She has one almost-friend in high school. Her mother is so high strung, all conversation at home takes place in whispers. Her father is dying of cancer.