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He reminded Hadley of a chattering bird, a large endearingly gawky bird like an ostrich, long-legged, long-necked, with a beaky face, quick-darting inquisitive eyes.
NEWYORKER: Pumpkin Head
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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
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The breast is in the middle with one leg and wing on either side, making a large flattened bird.
NPR: Recipes: 'Big Sky Cooking'
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Since a ten-pound bird will serve a large group, this is a recipe that we rely on throughout the year.
NPR: Recipes: 'Big Sky Cooking'
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Some notable additions include a large modern bird-feeder, a new viewing station that overlooks West 26th Street and a flat, grassy expanse, ideal for sunbathing, reading a book, picnicking and people watching.
BBC: New York��s floating freight line
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"A single bird seen on a large open flat about half a mile west of town, " Loring scribbled on June 5, 1897, upon seeing a northern spotted owl in Donner Summit, California.
CNN: Ninety years of birdwatchers' notes going online
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Researchers believe its short arms and large claw show how bird-like dinosaurs evolved independently of birds.
BBC: New dinosaur discovery solves evolutionary bird puzzle
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Even more surprising was the decision in February of the federal and Alberta governments to charge Syncrude, a large tar-sands processor, with offences under environmental and bird-protection laws for the deaths of 500 ducks in one of the company's tailing ponds last April.
ECONOMIST: Stephen Harper looks to Washington, not Alberta
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The country's Ministry of Health had then moved to allay fears over the outbreak, saying that although further human bird flu cases were possible throughout China, there wouldn't be a large-scale outbreak, Xinhua and CCTV said.
CNN: China records its fourth bird flu death this year
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The Ornithomimids - from the Latin for "bird mimics" - superficially resembled modern-day ostriches, with a toothless beak, large eyes and long legs, but they also had a long, thick tail.
BBC: Dinosaur feathers 'developed for courtship'
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Following his guidelines, many nations are making large quantities of what they believe will be useful vaccines in the hope of defeating a possible pandemic of bird flu, should the virus spread from Asia.
ECONOMIST: Obituary