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Dutch pigeon sold for record £209,000

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2012 11:25 AM EST (Telegraph)

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

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GNW: Love Is in the Air

Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:00 AM EST

By HollyKl

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not-news, photography, birds, good-news-wednesday, newsvine-photographers, wood-duck, great-egret, red-shouldered-hawk, breeding-season

All-white blackbird photographed

Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:46 PM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

Seeded by Red Wolf (Clipped by o'stephanie)

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 …

science, wildlife, leucistic

Wind Power Without the Blades: Big Pics : Discovery News

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:04 PM EST (Discovery.com)

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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.

science, green-energy, no-wind-turbines, save-birds

Sparrow Soccer - Game On!

Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:04 PM EST

By Shelby Davenport (Clipped by rottlady)

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

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not-news, soccer, photography, birds, fiction, ball, sparrows, sports-stories, juncos

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

Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:00 PM EST

By GrayTherapy

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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not-news, pets, fun, nature, birds, birders

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

Seeded on Mon Jan 16, 2012 5:38 AM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)

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

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Photo-Challenge: Favorite Nature Shots of 2011

Sun Jan 15, 2012 8:31 AM EST

By HollyKl

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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arts, florida, photography, nature, newsvine-photographers, photo-challenge, best-of-2011