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Shut up, Zebra Finch, you’re drunk

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Hmmm … maybe there’s a reason why Zebra Finches seem to flock to Clare M.’s But you’ve never heard a drunk Zebra Finch try to sing. The findings of this research, as summarized by Discover Magazine : Zebra Finches are a good proxy for studying human speech. News alcohol birdsong Zebra Finches' s fountain.

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A good year for Zebra Finch

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This year has been different as we have a new visitor-the Zebra Finch. The last time we saw Zebra Finch visit our garden was a pair in 2004 and then suddenly in April this year they appeared in large numbers all around Broome’s coastline and at the Poo Ponds. I went out to sit on the lawn and take some photographs.

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Beloved Zebra Dies After Being Gored By Antelope

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Zebras Are Actually Black With White Stripes, Ecologist Reveals

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A solitary Chestnut-breasted Mannikin

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The main bird species visiting were Rufous-throated Honeyeaters , Zebra Finch , Long-tailed Finch and Double-barred Finch. We have to move the branches on each visit as the water level drops back and we place it a bit further out each time. Finches tend to move in large flocks as they follow the food and water.

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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes

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Here are some Brown Honeyeaters enjoying the water in 2014 and Zebra Finch in 2012 at this location. The water drips down constantly and many different birds visit throughout the day. If you look back over the years I have written often about the birds that visit the water in our garden.

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Branches for birds

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The most common are the Zebra Finch and the Long-tailed Finch and they fly in huge flocks to the water and appear to use the principal that there is safety in numbers! Zebra Finch and Long-tailed Finch. Diamond Dove, Zebra Finch -leaping and Long-tailed Finch. Large flock of Zebra Finch. Eastern Yellow Wagtail.

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Birding Singapore

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If on the other hand you take a zebra, shrink it and attach wings, the punishment may be similar, but the result will not be a Zebra Dove. If you take a feral pigeon, bleach it and then batik it using the right colors, the result might be a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1). Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals.

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A New Way Global Warming Kills Birds

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A new research project using Zebra Finches in semi-wild conditions indicates that for some bird populations a certain aspect of climate change may have a negative effect on the viability of populations by causing increased mortality in a subtle but significant way. The study looks at changes in the range of daily temperature variability.

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Pictorella Mannikins

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They were in loose association with Zebra Finch and were constantly nipping back and forth to the last remaining water to drink and bathe. Pictorella Mannikins and Zebra Finch. Pictorella Mannikin and two Zebra Finch. Zebra Finch and Pictorella Mannikins. They were happily bathing together in the muddy water.

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Big Cat Week, day 4

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Video “The Chase and Chomp” – A lion pride tracks a zebra herd for hours, until it’s ready to pounce — no zebra can escape an ambush like this. The animals follow the dry riverbed upstream for water, while circling prides of lions position themselves close by, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

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Birding Mkuze

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I know it is a bit unfair to this Purple-crested Turaco , but I always wanted to use this Raymond Chandler quotation on a bird: “He wore a two-tone leisure jacket which would have been revolting on a zebra.” ” The Red-billed Quelea is regarded as the most numerous undomesticated bird on earth.

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Cockatoo Creek

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The highlight of the brief stop was seeing not just Zebra Finch dripping down to drink at the dam, but also Star Finch. If you look closely at the above photo you will see one odd bird to the left and several birds on the barbed wire. It is a lone Magpie Goose and several Horsfield’s Bushlarks. Magpie Goose. Horsfield’s Bushlarks.

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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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Female Zebra Finches are one-male birds in the wild, but not so in captivity. News Bell Miner Birds Eurasian Blackbird kenya Zebra Finches' Ill-timed mowing … which a petition aims to stop in New York’s Hudson Valley. Meanwhile, in San Jose, Calif., officials are considering bird-friendly building regulations.

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Wood-Warbler Haiku 10

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Were Zebra Warblers. Black-and-white Warblers. Would have more pizzazz if they.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then. The Sun was half-set behind the horizon, painting the grass golden-yellow and shining through the dust disturbed by the hoofs of now visibly nervous zebras.

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Munia in Singapore

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We also have the occasional visit from Long-tailed Finch and Zebra Finch and these two species are easily found around the Broome area. We are very familiar with the finches and mannikins in Australia with Double-barred Finches visiting our garden every day.

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Cute of the Day: baby giraffes

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Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

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“African Cats” Giveaway!

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For more information about the movie and the “See ‘African Cats,’ Save the Savanna” initiative, check out Disney.com/AfricanCats.

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Week 16: South Africa and Kruger National Park

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So far we have seen Impala, Duiker, Greater Kudu, Mongoose, Zebra and warthogs around the neighborhood, and yard. The house is a four bedroom, four bath two story, with a deck running around three sides of the upper story, great for wildlife viewing.

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Busch Gardens welcomes a baby giraffe!

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Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. Both mother and baby will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in about three months.

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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

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Though I actually quite like zebras. The Yellow-billed Kites in the estuary seem to spend a lot of time just looking down on the crocodiles and hippopotamuses. Finally, a loveless assortment of photos of various non-birds seen at St Lucia.

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New places to be alone

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I was taking photos of that bright orange dragonfly, when the Zebra Butterfly photobombed me.). But a little bit further, along a small stream, was an Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush , typical of higher, cooler forests. The Butterfly and Dragonfly shown at the top also came from above the same stream. (I

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Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

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Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

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See AFRICAN CATS, Save the Savanna!

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The area is a passage between the Amboseli, Tsavo West and Chyulu Hills National Parks that is frequently used by lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, giraffes and a host of other animals in the African savanna.

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Red-collared Lorikeet rescue

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Not only were the doves flying in, but also Zebra Finch , Long-tailed Finch and Double-barred Finch. The sound of their wings as they all flew in was impressive. The header photo above shows the little bit of shade near the rocks.

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Birding Botswana

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The remnants of Africa’s largest lake, these pans now witness the largest wildebeest and zebra migration in southern Africa, rivaled only by the great migration of East Africa.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 6)

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Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits? The quirkily titled article “Why Love Matters to a Zebra Finch” describes how pairings based on female preferences rather than on chance had much higher reproduction rates. I guess we have to be thankful they do not also wear leggings. So typical.

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Pink-eared Ducks-a favourite duck

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For obvious reasons it has listed under “other names” in field guides “Zebra Duck” and it is easily identified from all other duck species in Australia by its distinct stripes. It has a very square bill and is often encountered in quite large flocks dabbling in water feeding.

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Birding Laifengshan, Tengchong, Yunnan, China

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I know it is a bit unfair to the species, but it makes me recall the description of one man`s appearance in one of my favorite Raymond Chandler novels (“above the sky-blue gabardine slacks he wore a two-tone leisure jacket which would have been revolting on a zebra”).

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If Birds Were Beers

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Here are what might look like Zebra Finches , but are really flights of beer lined up in a busy Biercafe. Here is a Golden Eagle , perched in a decidedly beer-like position, looking like a robust stout. Here is a pilsner-colored Cedar Waxwing , exhibiting the crispness of a summer lager. You can try this at home.

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Birding the Changi Business Park-Singapore

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We also encountered a Large Hawk Cuckoo , but I was unable to photograph it. Snipe watching us watching it! There were numerous other bird species in the area that we encountered at various other locations around Singapore.

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Great Tit Telomeres, Baby Talk, Brainy Birds

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In this study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a group of juvenile zebra finches was allowed to interact with an adult. Adult zebra finches change their vocalizations when singing to juveniles. Another group simply heard adult songs played through a speaker.

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Zebra, "Bears" (1984)

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No Tellin' Lies (1984).

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Double-barred Finch

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We also have the occasional Zebra Finches visit, but they disperse a lot around the bush and you could easily miss them visiting the watering point. It is a lot less common for us to see Long-tailed Finches in our garden nowadays, though they were the predominant species of finch in our garden when we first moved in.

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Birding Bangkok? Try Suan Luang Park

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While Common Myna , Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Zebra Dove are indeed quite common as they are everywhere else in Bangkok, large, mature fig trees dot the southern spur of the park which attract a wide variety of charismatic and less common birds. Zebra Dove. Yellow Bittern. Little Egret. Black-crowned Night-Heron. Rock Pigeon.

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Tanzania – Africa at its best

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Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Birding Singapore Sports Hub

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Javan Mynas , Olive-backed Sunbirds , Spotted Doves , Rock Doves , Zebra Doves , Common Tailorbirds , Blue-tailed Bee-eaters , Yellow-vented Bulbuls , Pink-necked Green Pigeons , House Sparrows and Black-naped Orioles were in that location. We were also fortunate enough to find the nest of a Black-naped Oriole.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

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She’s reared abandoned baby buffalo, dik-diks, impalas, zebras, warthogs, and black rhinos, among others, but no creature has beguiled her more than elephants. Her husband was David Sheldrick, the renowned naturalist and founding warden of Tsavo East National Park who died of a heart attack in 1977.

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Bird Song and Parallel Evolution: learning from our feathered friends

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These are sonograms representing the song of four Zebra Finches. Imagine starting with two sets of Zebra Finch hatchlings. The templates can be discovered by raising birds in the absence of adult song, and they often sound very little like the normal final product. The top two are individuals with normal song. Now, release the finches.

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Palm Springs, Western Australia

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There were 12 Red-necked Avocet feeding in the ponds and along the fenceline there were Zebra Finch, Peaceful Doves and Diamond Doves nipping back and forth for water. The smallest pools of water were sustaining numerous finches including Crimson Finch, Long-tailed Finch, Double-barred Finch and Zebra Finch.

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Sungei Buloh – Singapore’s Finest Wetlands

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Also on the scene were a diversity of common doves and pigeons: Rock Pigeon , Spotted Dove , Zebra Dove , and Pink-necked Green Pigeon. Of course, I’d already encountered tons of Javan Mynas mixed with a few Commons. That last bird is an absolute prismatic stunner, but you’d be surprised at how quickly it becomes mundane.

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Come@Me: Invasive Species Can Be Awesome

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Which brings us to the real problem with dividing species into invasive and not – acclimatization was considered a grand old thing when scientists of yore were doing it. Now we know they were wrong, but there’s a lesson about hubris there.

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