According to the firm, bird numbers would be comparable with the site's use as an egg laying unit.

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The council said other initiatives could go ahead and it plans to encourage anglers to the area with fishing points around Loch Ryan, and bird hides will also be placed around the waters' edge in co-operation with the RSPB.

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I'm thrilled to be here, but I was just at Sesame Street, I'm sorry. (Laughter.) And I never thought I'd be on Sesame Street with Elmo and Big Bird, and I was thrilled.

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The Ice Bird looks like he might be particularly interesting, with the ability to freeze objects in levels, presumably then opening them up to destruction by other birds.

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If students facing large debts decide that a so-so course at a so-so university isn't so attractive after all, there may be summer sales, with places going cheap in clearing, or perhaps early-bird discounts for students who make a particular institution their first choice.

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We kick off with news from DirecTV -- the new bird is flying, but won't be speaking for a while.

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By equating the bird with the word, loudly and repeatedly, The Trashmen proved conclusively why they deserve to be immortalized in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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The asides are intended to be humorous but are typically delivered with the lightness of touch of a man dumping a fridge at a wild bird sanctuary.

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