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JULY 23, 2017

They were in loose association with Zebra Finch and were constantly nipping back and forth to the last remaining water to drink and bathe. Pictorella Mannikins and Zebra Finch. Pictorella Mannikin and two Zebra Finch. Zebra Finch and Pictorella Mannikins. They were happily bathing together in the muddy water.

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JULY 4, 2014

Female Zebra Finches are one-male birds in the wild, but not so in captivity. News Bell Miner Birds Eurasian Blackbird kenya Zebra Finches' Ill-timed mowing … which a petition aims to stop in New York’s Hudson Valley. Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., officials are considering bird-friendly building regulations.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2015

The most common are the Zebra Finch and the Long-tailed Finch and they fly in huge flocks to the water and appear to use the principal that there is safety in numbers! Zebra Finch and Long-tailed Finch. Diamond Dove, Zebra Finch -leaping and Long-tailed Finch. Large flock of Zebra Finch. Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. Mosethla Bush Camp guide awaits us by the open Land Rover and with a loaded rifle in front of the steering wheel, we continue into the bush (oddly, while observing lions and tigers in India, not a single rifle was in sight).

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NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The highlight of the brief stop was seeing not just Zebra Finch dripping down to drink at the dam, but also Star Finch. If you look closely at the above photo you will see one odd bird to the left and several birds on the barbed wire. It is a lone Magpie Goose and several Horsfield’s Bushlarks. Magpie Goose. Horsfield’s Bushlarks.

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MAY 13, 2022

If on the other hand you take a zebra, shrink it and attach wings, the punishment may be similar, but the result will not be a Zebra Dove. If you take a feral pigeon, bleach it and then batik it using the right colors, the result might be a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1). Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals.

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MARCH 19, 2020

I know it is a bit unfair to this Purple-crested Turaco , but I always wanted to use this Raymond Chandler quotation on a bird: “He wore a two-tone leisure jacket which would have been revolting on a zebra.” ” The Red-billed Quelea is regarded as the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth.

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OCTOBER 14, 2023

In any case, I wonder whether the female – not quite as colorful as the male, see below – also qualifies as an “aesthetically valuable urban bird species” The third pigeon species around here is the Zebra Dove.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then. The Sun was half-set behind the horizon, painting the grass golden-yellow and shining through the dust disturbed by the hoofs of now visibly nervous zebras.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

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MAY 16, 2015

Were Zebra Warblers. Black-and-white Warblers. Would have more pizzazz if they.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

In studies like these, roughly 20 percent of people will answer “Zebra” to the last question. But if you remove the first two questions and ask someone to simply name any animal, less than 1% will volunteer a zebra. Name any animal. About 50 percent will respond with an animal from Africa.

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Zebras Kenya Psychology Africa 118

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MAY 5, 2019

We also have the occasional visit from Long-tailed Finch and Zebra Finch and these two species are easily found around the Broome area. We are very familiar with the finches and mannikins in Australia with Double-barred Finches visiting our garden every day.

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APRIL 8, 2020

I was taking photos of that bright orange dragonfly, when the Zebra Butterfly photobombed me.). But a little bit further, along a small stream, was an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush , typical of higher, cooler forests. The Butterfly and Dragonfly shown at the top also came from above the same stream. (I

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Not only were the doves flying in, but also Zebra Finch , Long-tailed Finch and Double-barred Finch. The sound of their wings as they all flew in was impressive. The header photo above shows the little bit of shade near the rocks.

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MAY 28, 2018

So far we have seen Impala, Duiker, Greater Kudu, Mongoose, Zebra and warthogs around the neighborhood, and yard. The house is a four bedroom, four bath two story, with a deck running around three sides of the upper story, great for wildlife viewing.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

I know it is a bit unfair to the species, but it makes me recall the description of one man`s appearance in one of my favorite Raymond Chandler novels (“above the sky-blue gabardine slacks he wore a two-tone leisure jacket which would have been revolting on a zebra”).

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MAY 19, 2019

We also encountered a Large Hawk Cuckoo , but I was unable to photograph it. Snipe watching us watching it! There were numerous other bird species in the area that we encountered at various other locations around Singapore.

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Singapore Zebras Transported Cattle 113

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits? The quirkily titled article “Why Love Matters to a Zebra Finch” describes how pairings based on female preferences rather than on chance had much higher reproduction rates. I guess we have to be thankful they do not also wear leggings. So typical.

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Australia Birds Sheep Zebras 147

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MARCH 5, 2012

The remnants of Africa’s largest lake, these pans now witness the largest wildebeest and zebra migration in southern Africa, rivaled only by the great migration of East Africa.

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JANUARY 19, 2014

For obvious reasons it has listed under “other names” in field guides “Zebra Duck” and it is easily identified from all other duck species in Australia by its distinct stripes. It has a very square bill and is often encountered in quite large flocks dabbling in water feeding.

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Ducks Zebras Australia Shelters 170

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MAY 16, 2022

Though I actually quite like zebras. The Yellow-billed Kites in the estuary seem to spend a lot of time just looking down on the crocodiles and hippopotamuses. Finally, a loveless assortment of photos of various non-birds seen at St Lucia.

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South Africa Africa Saint Lucia Camels 206

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Here are what might look like Zebra Finches , but are really flights of beer lined up in a busy Biercafe. Here is a Golden Eagle , perched in a decidedly beer-like position, looking like a robust stout. Here is a pilsner-colored Cedar Waxwing , exhibiting the crispness of a summer lager. You can try this at home.

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South Dakota Zebras Birds Eagles 146

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 221

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JULY 11, 2014

While Common Myna , Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Zebra Dove are indeed quite common as they are everywhere else in Bangkok, large, mature fig trees dot the southern spur of the park which attract a wide variety of charismatic and less common birds. Zebra Dove. Yellow Bittern. Little Egret. Black-crowned Night-Heron. Rock Pigeon.

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Thailand Zebras Birds Sparrows 166

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JUNE 21, 2016

In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult. Adult zebra finches change their vocalizations when singing to juveniles. Another group simply heard adult songs played through a speaker.

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Video “The Chase and Chomp” – A lion pride tracks a zebra herd for hours, until it’s ready to pounce — no zebra can escape an ambush like this. The animals follow the dry riverbed upstream for water, while circling prides of lions position themselves close by, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

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Cats Lions Tanzania Zebras 100

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JUNE 1, 2014

We also have the occasional Zebra Finches visit, but they disperse a lot around the bush and you could easily miss them visiting the watering point. It is a lot less common for us to see Long-tailed Finches in our garden nowadays, though they were the predominant species of finch in our garden when we first moved in.

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Zebras Australia Species Birds 159

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JUNE 30, 2019

Javan Mynas , Olive-backed Sunbirds , Spotted Doves , Rock Doves , Zebra Doves , Common Tailorbirds , Blue-tailed Bee-eaters , Yellow-vented Bulbuls , Pink-necked Green Pigeons , House Sparrows and Black-naped Orioles were in that location. We were also fortunate enough to find the nest of a Black-naped Oriole.

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Singapore Otters Birds Zebras 119

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MARCH 3, 2016

A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then.

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Wildlife Tigers Asia Europe 182

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

The main bird species around the quarry were Zebra Finch , Painted Finch , Spinifex Pigeons , Crested Pigeons , Peaceful Doves and Diamond Doves. A bush full of Zebra Finch . There have been occasions where there have even been Australasian Grebes at this quarry, but not this time. Water remaining in the quarry this year.

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AUGUST 28, 2016

The most common finches were the Zebra Finch followed by the Double-barred Finch and then the Long-tailed Finch. Zebra Finch and Double-barred Finch drinking and bathing. On one occasion we did observe Star Finch , but they were no doubt just passing through.

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OCTOBER 20, 2013

There were 12 Red-necked Avocet feeding in the ponds and along the fenceline there were Zebra Finch, Peaceful Doves and Diamond Doves nipping back and forth for water. The smallest pools of water were sustaining numerous finches including Crimson Finch, Long-tailed Finch, Double-barred Finch and Zebra Finch.

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Australia Zebras Ducks Parrots 163

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AUGUST 11, 2018

Red Fody , Madagascar Dove and Zebra Dove were all abundant. The balcony proved productive again the next morning with a Seychelles Bulbul and the Seychelles Swiflet was found in a small flock as we took a tour of Mahe. How easy was that? There were a few other Indian Ocean specialities to bulk up my Seychelles list.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Which brings us to the real problem with dividing species into invasive and not – acclimatization was considered a grand old thing when scientists of yore were doing it. Now we know they were wrong, but there’s a lesson about hubris there.

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Species San Francisco Rats Zebras 102

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Also on the scene were a diversity of common doves and pigeons: Rock Pigeon , Spotted Dove , Zebra Dove , and Pink-necked Green Pigeon. Of course, I’d already encountered tons of Javan Mynas mixed with a few Commons. That last bird is an absolute prismatic stunner, but you’d be surprised at how quickly it becomes mundane.

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JULY 13, 2012

That is to say, they look like the vultures I used to see on nature programs, those iconic shots of birds squabbling over a deceased wildebeast or zebra. Griffon Vultures look like vultures should, to me.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

These species include the Pacific Swallow … … as well as several pigeons: the Green Imperial Pigeon … … the Pink-necked Green Pigeon … … and the Zebra Dove (even though that one looks remarkably cute for a pigeon).

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Sri Lanka Taiwan Birds Cats 219