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WEIRD NEWS
Nigel, The Lonely Seabird, Dies Next To The Concrete Bird Replica He Loved For 5 Years
By David Moye
"This just feels like the wrong ending to the story," said the ranger who found the bird's corpse.
GREEN
Some Rich People Put Anti-Bird Spikes On Trees To Protect Fancy Cars From Poo
By Elyse Wanshel
“It’s a shame to see trees being literally made uninhabitable to birds.”
GREEN
The FAA Can't Stop People From Throwing Live Turkeys Out Of Planes
By Hilary Hanson
That means it can't curtail the annual "turkey drop" in Yellville, Arkansas.
WEIRD NEWS
Cockatoos Chewing Up Australia's Broadband Network
By Paul Tait, Reuters
Polly wants a cable connection?
IMPACT
How This Hospital Keeps Sick Turtles Safe During Hurricane Season
By Eleanor Goldberg
“Part of living in paradise is keeping an eye on the storm.”
WEIRD NEWS
Lovebirds With Rare Disease Find Happiness With A Side Chick
By David Moye
The two female birds don't mind sharing the male -- but they don't like sharing food.
WEIRD NEWS
Hen Racing Is One Clucked-Up Sport
By Mark Hanrahan, Reuters
The winning bird, "Cooked It," beat "Pluckedit" by a nose, er, beak.
WORLD NEWS
Thanks To Kickstarter, Thousands Of Endangered Penguins Will Get New Homes
By Dominique Mosbergen
More than $188,000 has been raised on Kickstarter to build nests for the imperiled African penguin.
WORLD NEWS
New Zealand's Iconic Yellow-Eyed Penguins Could Be Extinct Locally In 40 Years
By Dominique Mosbergen
Climate change and other effects of human activity are driving the endangered penguin to the brink.
ARTS & CULTURE
French Artist Hatches Live Chicks And Avoids Egg On His Face
Nine chicks have hatched and are on their way to a nearby farm.
ARTS & CULTURE
French Artist Hopes His Latest Work Lays An Egg
The artist says, “I will, broadly speaking, become a chicken.”
WEIRD NEWS
Woman Trains Parrot To Say Birdbrained Catchphrase ‘Cash Me Ousside'
By David Moye
"Polly wants another meme! RAWK!"
WEIRD NEWS
WTF Is Going On With These Creepy Turkeys Circling A Dead Cat?
By Hilary Hanson
Something's up.
CRIME
Someone Dumped 1,000 Tiny Chicks In A Field And Left Them To Die
By Lee Moran
"I have never seen anything like it, it was just a sea of yellow. And the noise was unbelievable."
GREEN
Even Small Changes In Global Temperatures Can Have Disastrous Consequences For Birds
By Lydia O'Connor
Higher temperatures could be a death sentence for migratory species, a new study finds.