Mississippi Turkey Hunter Tags Rare, Snow-White Gobbler on Opening Day
Glace Rone shot a rare, snow-white turkey on the opening day of Mississippi’s spring turkey season. It was a leucistic wild ...
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The 'tree stump' bird with a haunting growl and can see with its eyes closed
Throughout the night, great potoos emit a loud, moaning growl that has earned the bird a mythical status, with some ...
What to know about the bird flu outbreak in wild birds and what it means for backyard bird feeders
More than 170 species of North American wild birds have been infected with bird flu. You can keep your bird feeder up, but ...
What is the cause of this rook’s very unusual beak?
I spotted this rook with a very unusual beak in Galway city lately. Despite the unusual shape it seemed very healthy and was ...
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Dead birds on Manistee shore raise avian flu concerns
MANISTEE — Several dead birds discovered Wednesday morning along portions of Manistee’s Lake Michigan shoreline have sparked ...
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Strange wildlife encounters of the western Wyoming ranch kind
Woolgrower, writer and photographer Cat Urbigkit captures furry and feathered sojourners not normally found near her Sublette ...
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It’s Weird That Eggs Were Ever Cheap
Although the egg is resistant to slow, evenly distributed pressure, it is vulnerable to sharp, concussive pressure. It has to be. Neonatal chicks weighing a tenth of a pound peck their way out. Just 5 ...
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Small bird, big trick: How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird ...
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How a hummingbird chick acts like a caterpillar to survive
For the first time, scientists described a hummingbird chick potentially mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to avoid getting eaten.