Suddenly Called to Serve: A Dove, a Hawk and a Loon
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If the abysmal reception so far for films about the war in Iraq is any indication, âDay Zeroâ is the last thing movie audiences will want to consume.
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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 Shankar Vedantam, Washington Post Staff Writer  Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S.
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Oil spills cause more than half a million water birds to die each year, according to conservationists. Rescue workers offer some birds a chance at survival.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but  other birds of prey are in trouble.
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CARLSBAD, N.M. - Handlers from across New Mexico and west Texas presented 350 breeds of pigeons during the Pecos Valley Pigeon Club's fall show, a rare opportunity for pigeon enthusiasts from around the region to gather.
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Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon&#39;s Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble. An icon of conservationists, the bald eagle was on the brink of extinction in America&#39;s lower 48
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Once hunted by the thousands, the band-tailed pigeon is in decline. Mathew Tekulsky writes of the joy of seeing five or six of these big birds on his backyard feeder.
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In 60 years, bird-watchers have caught just one fleeting glimpse of an ultra-rare woodpecker. Now a robot is joining the hunt. By Brendan Borrell.
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Introducing birdcinema.com, a YouTube for birdwatchers.
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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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NEW YORK - A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A lamb on the lam in the Bronx? True. All in one day. The series of animal adventures began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when a former parks commissioner reported spotting a hawk that had crash landed.
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Bird watchers are invited to marvel at the wonder of up to 45,000 starlings swooping over Brighton.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Afraid a talkative parrot might prove to be a stool pigeon, three thieves returned to the scene of the crime to silence the bird - only to be caught by police, authorities say.
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Fish and Wildlife has made a recommendation for a small bird that stirs up big controversy. A battle over the protection of the sage grouse rages on between the nationâs energy industry and conservationists.
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ORONO - High numbers of woodpeckers and hawks were spotted Saturday by volunteers during the National Audubon Society &#39;s annual Christmas Bird Count in the Orono and Old Town areas, local Audubon officials said Sunday.