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Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

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According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The cup is made up of dry grasses, rootlets, and weed stems, then lined with finer grasses, hair and fur. You can get their NestWatch manual here and learn about the whole process at NestWatch.org.

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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks! Karen Lynn’s Red-Tailed Hawk was not as easily intimidated. “A bunch of bikers found him entangled in monofilament.