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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

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In February 2004, a young frigatebird blown into the Northern Pacific by a storm landed on a vessel bound for Vancouver, British Columbia. I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. Oil was everywhere.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes a baby white rhinoceros!

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomes its seventh baby white rhino since 2004. Busch Gardens has celebrated a total of seventh white rhino births since October 2004. The adorable baby, a female, will join other rhinos in the 26-acre white rhino habitat on Busch Gardens’ Serengeti Plain.

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Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review

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Technology to the rescue! Where do albatrosses and shearwaters (indeed, most seabirds) go during the years between fledging and breeding? Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation?

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Bird Songs (but maybe not the kind you’re thinking): A review of “There Are Birds,” a music album, and an interview with songstress Stephanie Seymour

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She wanted to join in the annual Audubon Christmas bird count in 2004, and she did — but she couldn’t identify a thing. (Might be a good subject for a continuing feature of some birding blogsite, too.). Stephanie Seymour’s starting story may not be unique but it must be unusual.

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Baby Lemurs at Busch Gardens

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The non-profit, private charitable foundation is committed to supporting wildlife and habitat conservation, research, education and animal rescue programs worldwide. Since its inception in 2004, the Fund has donated more than $6 million to more than 500 projects around the world. Tags: cute animal photos rescues.

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Do Birds Feel Love?

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The real test of hummingbird bonds came in 2004. On April 17, 2004, my husband Bill stepped out, coffee mug in hand, to take the morning sun. I’ll never forget the day I looked behind me as I road the roaring riding lawnmower, to see a little phalanx of three hummingbirds following over my head. Would they return?

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