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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Know what else kills grassland birds? Also in Australia, Bell Miner Birds may be damaging forests. The first bird feathers may have been for showiness more than transportation. If you’ve got some downtime between barbecues and fireworks (or, outside of the U.S., Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif.,

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Layover in Singapore

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Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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When going to Australia, one of the two birds I wanted to see most was the Tawny Frogmouth. Birdlife Australia does not try to hide being puzzled over the naming of the Pacific Black Duck : “Despite being predominantly brown, the Pacific Black Duck has always been known as the ‘black duck’. This is what killed James Dean.

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