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The Beautiful World Of Colorful Birds (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Bird of Paradise, Slidepoll, Painted Bunting, Feathers, Resplendent Quetzal, Parrot-Feathers, Peacock, Birds, Hummingbirds, Macaw, Animals, Mandarin Duck, Glossy Starling, Lorikeet, Green News

Although all birds have feathers, some flaunt it better than others! These feathers, which are likely used to attract mates, come in all shapes, size...

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300,000 Birds Swarm Over Denmark At Once (VIDEO)

Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Flock of Starlings, Denmark, Flock of Birds, Birds, Animals, 300000 Birds Video, Green News

Have you ever seen 300,000 birds move at once? Buzzfeed posted this video of a massive flock of starlings swarming together over an unspecified area i...

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A Closer Look at the PS 110 Owls

Nick Carr | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Birds, Gargoyles, Owls, Ps 110 Owls, Scouting Ny, Williamsburg-Bridge, New York News

I notice the owls every time I cross the Williamsburg Bridge. As it happens, the principal of the school saw my previous post and generously invited me to visit the roof. I took a ton of pictures.

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Almost 10% Of World's Animals Are At-Risk Of Extinction

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Threatened-Species, Australia, Extinction, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Endangered Species, Animals, Mammals, Green News

It said that 20% of mammals were endangered, as were 12% percent of birds and 29% of amphibians. Almost 5% of reptiles were considered threatened, alo...

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This Week In Animals: The Fastest Mammal, A Colony Of Scorpions, New Species, And More! (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

We posted some fun animal stories this week on HuffPost Green, from the world's fastest cheetah to celebrity pets and a house filled with scorpions. B...

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"Day at the Museum"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Earth, Humans, Ben Stiller, Humor, Museums, Birds, Movie, Dinosaurs, Mammals, Fossil, Living News

I didn't spend a night at the museum for two good reasons: It closed at 5:45 p.m. and I am not, for better or for worse, Ben Stiller.

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Bird Eats Bat: Great Tits Hunt Bats For Heads (VIDEO)

New Scientist | Sanjida O'Connell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Ornithologist, Uk, Cave, Nature, Hungary, Biology, Bats, Great Tits, Science, Birds, Ornithology, Video, Green News

It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne legend. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats by pecking their heads open. ...

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Shock And Caw: Pesky Starlings Sill Overwhelm

AP | MIKE STARK | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Starlings, Starling Flocks, Pests, North America, Bird Strikes, Most Hated Bird, Shakespeare, Poison, Green News

SALT LAKE CITY — The next time the sky darkens with a flock of noisy unwelcome starlings, blame Shakespeare – or, better yet, a few of his...

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Newly Goat-Free, a Galapagos Island Awaits a Finch Renaissance

The Daily Green | Dan Shapley | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Bird Conservation, Finches, Birds, Galapagos Islands, Green News

When Charles Darwin first came upon the Galapagos Islands, he wasn't as impressed with the diversity of bird life he found there as is widely believed...

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ExxonMobil Pleads Guilty To Killing Birds

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Exxon Mobil, Exxon, Animals, Exxon Mobil Bird Killing, Green News

WASHINGTON — Exxon Mobil Corp. pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, and will pay about $7,000 for each bird killed, Justice...

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Taking On the Plastic Vortex: Project Kaisei

Mary Liz Thomson | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, The World Federation of Recycling, Measuring Toxins, Doug Woodring, Recycling, The Plastic Vortex, Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch, Fish, Oceans, Project Kaisei, Green News

Discovered 10 years ago, The Garbage Patch or Plastic Vortex, is a huge area of floating plastic garbage, stretching hundreds of square miles northwest of Hawaii in the ocean's No Man's Land.

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Third Screen: It's Violent, Dangerous, and Beautiful. It's ... Bird Watching

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Literature, Preservationist, Naturalist, Adventure, Ecology, Extreme Sports, Exotic Travel, Green, Environment, Birds, Bird-Watching, Travel, Phoebe Snetsinger, Living News

I caught up with journalist/author Olivia Gentile to talk about what it was like to track the story of one of the most exciting and extreme world birders of the 20th century -- Phoebe Snetsinger.

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Are Crows The Smartest Birds EVER? (VIDEO, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Crows Use Tools, Bird Video, Crows, Crow Video, Poll, Birds, Smartest Animals, Animals, Green News

When making a list of "smart animals," crows probably wouldn't be at the top for most people. Jane Goodall made a splash in 1960 when she showed that ...

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U.S. Department of Defense to Use Hummingbirds as Spies

Levi Novey | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: US Military, Aircraft, Military, Department of Defense, Hummingbird, Spies, Birds, Spying, Technology, Robots, Robot, Green News

Robotic hummingbirds will be able to discretely enter areas where people would not be able to go without being detected and will look so realistic that people could easily be fooled.

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Want to Get Close to Nature? Stay Home!

Jane S. Smith | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Flowers, Country, Turtles, Birds, Pond, Children, Nature, Green News

While the countryside was getting paved, drenched, and denuded, nature had decided to move back into town.

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How To Find Penguins: Follow Their Poop From Space

AP | BY SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Penguins, Animals, Poop, Guano, Green News

WASHINGTON — Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space. In remote Antarctica, about ...

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Boy Chases Giant New York Pigeons, May Live To Regret It (PHOTO)

Getty/AFP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Pigeons, Animals, New York, Feature Photo, Poll, Green News

A small boy chases pigeons on a section of Broadway closed to cars in Times Square on May 26, 2009 in New York. Sections of Broadway from 47th to 42n...

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Cuckoo Bird, 51 Others In UK Face Danger Of Extinction

AP | MICHAEL BUSHNELL | Posted 06.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Animals, Cuckoo Bird, Birds, Animals, Green News

LONDON — Britain's cuckoo bird, known for its distinctive call, is in danger of extinction along with 51 other species, the Royal Society for th...

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Rooks Are Latest Bird To Use Tools

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Birds, Rook Tool, Rook, Animals, Bird Overlords, Smart Animals, Green News

WASHINGTON — Yet another animal has picked up a tool and put it to use. Once thought a unique primate trait, toolmaking and tool use have been ...

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The Wind Farm That Doesn't Kill Birds

guardian.co.uk | Suzanne Goldenberg, US Environment Correspondent | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Environment, Birds, Animals, Green Energy, Green Technology, Green News

It could be considered an air traffic control system for birds who have flown perilously off course. A wind farm in southern Texas, situated on a flig...

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Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Tom Delay, Rising Sea Level, Tax Credits, Greenwashing, Pacific Gas & Electric, Somali Pirates, Terra Choice, Green News, Solar Energy Projects, Spam, Birds, Green News Report, Coral Reefs, Solar Power, Arctic, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

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Report Says U.S. Birds in "Widespread Decline," Need Help

Scott Dodd | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change, Boreal Forest, Birds, Conservation, Canada, Endangered Species, Red-Tail Hawks, New York City, Green News

Nearly a third of the 800 species of birds in the United States are endangered, threatened or in decline. The decline of birds is a warning sign about the overall health of our environment -- or lack thereof.

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