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A man in Chicago was surprised to see Michael Jackson looking back at him from a dollop of bird poop that landed on the...
A proposed runway expansion to Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia, threatens one of only two remaining populations of Eastern Ground Parrot in the...
Robert Mortensen just put together a matrix of Birder Personality Profiles. Think you fall into any of these types?
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