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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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Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., 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., Know what else kills grassland birds?

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