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- 'Weather has chilling effect on bird count (The Herald-Tribune)
PUNTA GORDA -- Jamie Staebler doesn't own a bird book, but after spending Monday with the area's most avid bird-watchers, she can tell a blue-winged teal from a mottled duck.
'Troy Aquatic Center offers 'early bird' rates (Troy Eccentric)
Due to an expected increase in rates, The Troy Family Aquatic Center will offer special "Early Bird" pass rates for the 2007 season. Qualify for the 2006 rates listed below when you purchase your passes between Dec. 18 and Jan. 2, 2007. Pass holders will also be eligible for two 2007 free guest passes (limit 2 per household).
'Bird counting event lands in Fallon for 22nd year (Reno Gazette-Journal)
FALLON -- Birdwatchers in the Fallon area will be out and about on Monday, counting every bird they see for the National Audubon Society's annual Christmas Bird Count.
'Alaska Railroad puts the torch to old oil diesel spill near Bird Point (Anchorage Daily News)
BIRD POINT -- The Alaska Railroad burned a few hundred gallons of fuel Saturday in marshland near Bird Point, sending smoke that was visible from the Seward Highway north of Girdwood into the sky.
'Moldy grain, not bird flu, caused Idaho duck deaths (Agriculture Online)
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Moldy grain, not bird flu, caused a large mallard duck die-off in Idaho, a U.S. Department of Agriculture spokeswoman said Friday.
'Rare tanager sighting in Grandview draws a crowd of bird-watchers (The Columbus Dispatch)
One of the things that birdwatchers do in the winter, besides Christmas bird counts, is look for birds from faraway places that for some reason turn up in Ohio.
'Red, Ginger and friends warm bird-loving hearts (Fargo Forum)
Winter is a quiet, but not altogether silent, time for bird watchers. The blue jay, for example, is known for raising a ruckus. ?You can hear him calling for half a mile,? said Mike Murphy, who lists blue jays among his favorite winter birds.
'2:10 p.m. - Christmas Bird Count for south tomorrow (Pacific Daily News)
2:10 p.m. - The Marianas Audubon Society/National Audubon Society will hold its annual Christmas bird count on Guam this weekend. Bird watchers of all skill levels are encouraged to participate.
'Annual bird count coming this week (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Benton County residents will join birders across the Western Hemisphere as they participate in the Audubon Society?s annual Christmas Bird Count on Tuesday in Corvallis.
'Bird flu in South Korea unlikely to cause human infection (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The two bird flu outbreaks reported last month in South Korea were caused by a strain of the virus that has not led to any human infection, a senior official said.
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