Fri.Dec 20, 2013

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SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

4 The Love Of Animals

'On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. The nearly two-week-old king chick is now weighing in at 30 ounces (882 grams) and currently being raised by its parents with routine check-ups from the SeaWorld Orlando Aviculture Team who monitor the chick’s weight and overall development.

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Where Are You Birding This Third Weekend of December 2013?

10,000 Birds

'Keep your eyes to the skies. Snow is in the air! This penultimate weekend of the year inspires last-minute panic: how are you going to get everything you need before time is up? Some folks will go to extraordinary lengths to cross off everything on their sizable lists. How about you? What will you do this weekend to improve your 2013 year list? (You knew that’s what I was talking about, right?).

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