Birds
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Swan Diet
Feeding Swans, Geese and Ducks Swans, Geese and Ducks are commonly found neighborhood ponds, and people are generally delighted to have these birds move into their local ponds for them…
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The Little Dodo Bird
The little dodo birds goes by other names as well, including the tooth-billed pigeon, and in it’s native Samoa, the Manumea bird. Although just 12 inches (31 cm) in length,…
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Saving The Dodo Bird
The disappearance of the dodo bird (Raphus cucullatus) from the face of the earth almost 400 years ago is one of our most well-known extinction stories. It’s an infamous case…
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Kakapo Parrot
The Kakapo parrot of New Zealand is a unique creature in several ways. Not only is it the world’s heaviest parrot, weighing up to 9 pounds (4 kilograms) but it…
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Facts On Penguins
Facts About Penguins Many penguins live in coastal Antarctica, but none live at the South Pole: the Pole, at the centre of the frozen continent, is too far from the…
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Bald Eagle Numbers on the Rise
The bald eagle probably represents the most successful recovery of an endangered species in North America, if not the entire world. Down to just 417 breeding pairs in the Lower…
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Killer Chickadees and Other Strange Bird Behavior
Just in time for Halloween comes a strange and gruesome tale from a dark cave deep in the forests of Eastern Europe. The killer is an unlikely one: An ordinarily…
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