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Throwing Pooh for Love 17 Apr 2009 | 01:33 pm
I got your attention with that header, didn't I? Yep, it's a little something called marketing writing. Just about two weeks ago, I got up early and drove to Layton in order to see newly arrived sand...
The Dangerous World of Puppetry 8 Apr 2009 | 10:29 am
ATLANTA, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A hawk mistook a bird puppet for the real thing, swooping into an Atlanta parking lot and attacking two puppeteers, the victims say. Jeff Domke and Alan Louis, who work for...
Rats With Wings 8 Apr 2009 | 10:28 am
Have you ever been at a birthday party filled with hyper, giddy children, and then focused on one hyper, giddy child in particular, and thought to yourself: “You’d be sort of cute if there weren’t so ...
Are We There Yet? 8 Apr 2009 | 10:28 am
The bar-tailed godwit is making news this week for the longest, non-stop migration ever measured. We're talking 9 days, more than 7,000 miles, without taking a break for food or water. They gorge on w...
The Bird of Doom! 8 Apr 2009 | 10:28 am
Imagine walking alone across a meadow at dusk. The light is getting increasingly dim, and you still have a few lonely miles until you reach home. Then you hear it. A sharp, hissing screech that abrup...
Red & Black 8 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am
For all of you Ute fans out there--congratulations! Last night's win over TCU was even exciting for me. (And I don't really care that much about the U or college football.) Why don't we celebrate with...
That's a Purdy Picture 8 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am
As a bird lover and habitual reader of the New York Times online, I can't believe I missed the paper's article last month on the history of birds in art. They also included a cool, little slide show o...
Gobble It Up 8 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am
As you all sit down to your Thanksgiving meal this week, give a thought to the bird sitting in the middle of the table. That delicious Butterball is a descendant of the North American wild turkey, whi...
Home for Christmas 8 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am
I first saw this video on the Birdchick blog. Kind of funny...and sort of creepy. But it was made by the BBC in the UK to help get attention for a good cause: providing wintertime food, water, and she...
O' Christmas Tree 8 Apr 2009 | 10:26 am
As a certifiable bird geek, I have allowed my avian obsession to creep into my holiday decorating. My husband, who is most definitely NOT a bird geek, has been pretty good about it all, even supportin...
