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Unlucky Ducks, Lucky Penguins, and Good-Luck Ostriches

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Henceforth, the Reading Fighting Phils will now be represented by two ostriches , who will live at the ballpark and greet visitors to the team’s games. Duck hunters and wildlife officials alike worry that the spill will affect both hunting season and migration. Ostrich image by Nicor at Wikimedia Commons). The end result?

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

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Vagrancy in Birds is organized into two major parts: (1) A detailed, 62-page synthesis of research and theory and (2) “Family Accounts,” 259 pages covering bird families from Struthionidae/Ostriches) to Thraupidae/Tanagers and allies (Clements is the taxonomic authority).

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72 dangerous animals africa

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Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Ostrich leather is a lucrative commodity, and the large feathers are used as plumes for the decoration of ceremonial headgear.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!

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A Walk in the Desert

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On the very last morning, after packing our van to commence our journey to Mount Kenya, we left our lodge (after negotiating our way past the resident Common Ostriches and Grey-crowned Cranes ) and made a couple stops before leaving Baringo proper. Along the track, the shimmering scarlet gorget of a Hunter’s Sunbird shone like a beacon.

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The five most unique birds in the world

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But you won’t find Ostrich or another ratite in first place on Jetz et al.’s The Secretarybird is a powerful, long-legged terrestrial hunter particularly well known for killing snakes by stamping them to death but also perfectly happy to consume other animal prey.

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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And then, in 1996, a farmer/fossil-hunter named Li Yinfang found a unique fossil in his home province of Liaoning–a beautifully preserved turkey-sized creature that clearly had feathers. People and history come into play in “The dinosaur hunters,” a chapter on larger than life personalities such as E.D. No feathers!

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