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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Know what else kills grassland birds? Peep the new “ugly” baby ibis at the UK’s Kirkleatham Owl Centre. The first bird feathers may have been for showiness more than transportation. If you’ve got some downtime between barbecues and fireworks (or, outside of the U.S., Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif.,

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Layover in Singapore

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Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport. Taxi v SMRT – The SMRT is the excellent, clean, safe, reliable, cheap transport system of Singapore. Spotted Wood-owl. If you don’t get to spend it, you can use it on board, or change it back later.

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