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Flock to Marion

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When the base was built and managed by the South African government, the mice were found to be a minor nuisance so five cats were brought in to manage the mice population at the base. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked. Southern Rockhopper Penguin.

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Sleep

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African Penguins, asleep (Cape Town, South Africa). Cat-napping Curlews ( Eurasian Curlew , Tiaozini, Jiangsu, China). A Slumberous Sandpiper ( Green Sandpiper , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Sleepy Shoveller ( Northern Shoveller , Nanhui, Shanghai). A Tired Teal ( Eurasian Teal , Nanhui, Shanghai).

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: The Good, the Bad, and the Huh?

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If you love penguins, and you love Doctor Who , you won’t want to miss this David Tennant–narrated miniseries on PBS. Penguins are also being touted as a way to gauge the health of oceans.). Still craving more penguin news? Sea World San Diego just welcomed the world’s first “test-tube” penguin.

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Names for Nick Jr Animals

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They were originally used on Blue’s Clues, and therefore, belong to Nick Jr and Viacom respectively. submitted by /u/Full-Ferret-4567 [link] [comments]

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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I wanted Penguins. They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) Jeff Gordon at Stony Point Penguin Colony (hopefully, he didn’t have any penguins under his vehicle). And Sunbirds. And so, I went on the American Birding Association Safari to South Africa.

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Week Seven: Stewart Island & Penguins

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Imported rats, Short-tailed Weasels, or Stoats as they are know as here, 0possums, and feral cats have caused the extinction of literally dozens of bird species here in New Zealand. Our next stops were at Portobello, for the Royal Albatross Center, and the Blue Penguin beach. Here are a couple of those Blue Penguins.

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Grouse in PA, Grouse in Costa Rica

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Not about the City of Brotherly Love, not about the Steelers or Penguins, but about forests with deer, birds, and elbow room. At 8, everything was far away, distant, and foreign, even Pennsylvania. Fred talked to us now and then about the wild and wooded state.