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Dutch pigeon sold for record £209,000

A Dutch pigeon fancier sold one of his birds for the world record sum of £209,000 during an internet auction on Monday.

All-white blackbird photographed

This unusual blackbird is attracting bird watchers to a Nottinghamshire country park. The bird is leucistic, which is a genetic mutation that prevents pigments from being deposited normally in its feathers. It has been residing for the last four years in the woodland of Ruffo …

Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics : Discovery News

Noise from wind turbine blades, inadvertent bat and bird kills and even the way wind turbines look have made installing them anything but a breeze. New York design firm Atelier DNA has an alternative concept that ditches blades in favor of stalks.

Sparrow Soccer - Game On!

And that's the story of today's Sparrow Soccer game. I swear!

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How I Met Jo Jo, A Monk Parakeet (Quaker Parakeet)

My Monk Parakeet, also referred to as a Quaker Parakeet, is one of my three best friends.  As a child I was given a pair of parakeets who were named Pete and Alice.  Alice was a strong ol’ gal outliving four different Petes.  Throughout my life I have seen m …

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Science Can Neither Explain Nor Deny the Awesomeness of This Sledding Crow

Before we talk, you need to watch the video above. It's just one minute and 24 seconds.

Photo-Challenge: Favorite Nature Shots of 2011

I have to say that this was a very difficult challenge, primarily because I take way too many photos. What I finally decided to do was to select twelve photos; one for each month of 2011.

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Cameraman Captures Incredible Footage Flying Alongside a Flock of Geese

"Frenchman Christian Moullec joined the barnacle geese to film the migration of the massive birds as they swept across Britain towards the Arctic."

World's most expensive book, Birds of America, set to fetch $10m

Edition of John James Audubon's masterpiece of ornithological art, one of only 120, expected to break auction records

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