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The return of the Old Man

10,000 Birds

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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It is a bit worrying that while the Basel Zoo is listed by Google as having a page on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush , that page itself does not seem to exist anymore, and the species is not listed among the inhabitants of the aviary of the zoo. His obituary was published in Nature.

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Famous Flamingos

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So both birds are assumed by many to be escapees from a zoo or a private collection somewhere. American Flamingos do occur naturally in Mexico, but only on the Yucatán peninsula in the country’s extreme southwest. And Chilean Flamingos should be found, well, in Chile, as well as much of southwestern South America.

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Zoo Chimp Shows Ability to Plan Ahead

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He was storing hundreds of stones to throw at visitors at the Furuvik Zoo. Keepers at Furuvik Zoo found that the chimp collected and stored stones that he would later use as missiles. Tags: zoos chimpanzees. The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology. The findings are reported in the journal Current Biology.

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Angry Birds, What’s Black and White and Hungry All Over, and a Little Something for the Ladies: This Week in Bird News

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If there’s one common theme to this week’s bird news items, it’s their collective bizarreness: The eagle has landed—on the drone, as France trains birds to take out drones that stray into restricted airspace. So crazy it just might work?

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“Where’s Woody?”

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Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago was the scene for this madness. A Whooper Swan conservation project keeps a small wildfowl collection, which includes the Wood Ducks, but free food during cold spells attracts “freeloaders” from Lake Michigan and the zoo end up providing winter fuel for hundreds of Mallards.

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ZooBorns

4 The Love Of Animals

A collection of some of the cutest baby animals from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world. If you are looking for a book to make you smile, then ZooBorns is just the right choice!

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