South of Scotland Labour MSP Claudia Beamish said she was appalled anyone could shoot such a "rare and beautiful bird".

BBC: Golden eagle shot near Southern Upland Way

Found only in these woods, the large bird is a beautiful sight, with its distinctive green and blue colouration, crested head feathers and, when in flight, the red flash of its wings.

BBC: Step back in time in South Africa��s Garden Route

Aside from my periodic reunions with Mr. If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Wanna Be Right, I've been holding my breath through the strike, terrified for the fate of Pushing Daisies, this beautiful baby bird of a TV show I've been doing.

NPR: Kristin Chenoweth Is 'A Little Bit Wicked'

From our place to Fort Smith was about seventy miles as a bird flies, taking you past beautiful Mount Nebo where we had a little summer house so Mama could get away from the mosquitoes, and also Mount Magazine, the highest point in Arkansas, but it might as well have been seven hundred miles for all I knew of Fort Smith.

NPR: Excerpt: 'True Grit'

"Now that there is a beautiful owl known only from this island, we hope that more bird watchers will visit Lombok, " Sangster said.

NPR: Brown-And-White Whistling Owl ID'd As New Species

Now on extended hiatus from his full-time gig, McCann has composed a beautiful and emotionally raw solo debut under the moniker The Lord Dog Bird.

NPR: The Lord Dog Bird Makes An Introverted Anthem