The loonie (so named for the bird on the one-dollar coin) has soared from a record low of 62.1 American cents in January 2002 to over 74 cents this week, its highest level in six years.
Having ridden for the Stobart Honda team at Dundrod, he is set to ride for the Paul Bird-managed team at all the international events in 2006.
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The effect of falling for the old bird-in-the-bush gambit was predictable (and predicted): They are never as good, cheap or readily available as we are told they will be.
The first to arrive was a beaming Florencio Avalos, who stepped out of the "Fenix-2" capsule, named for the mythical bird that rose from ashes.
He aims to court empty nesters looking for a downscaled lifestyle but who cringe at the notion they have become blue-haired senior citizens who play bingo and line up for the early bird special.
BirdLife describes the survey as "the first-ever attempt to list all the sites internationally recognised as the most critically important places for bird and biodiversity conservation in the region".
The society is appealing for help from bird watchers across Devon to complete its fact-finding process for the atlas, which will be published in 2014.
Plant your picnic blanket among the lunching office-workers on the Great Lawn, or swap people-watching for bird-watching along The Ramble, 37 cool acres of wooded paths and streams.
So does that mean that this is the end of the road for Big Bird?
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Calshot residents are already bracing themselves for the arrival of more bird-watchers.
The six-year-old pigeon was retired in 2009 after breaking a wing, but Kerry Mellonby from Bridlington kept the bird for breeding before deciding to sell.
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.
Luckily for the pupils, the principal said he had "grown to love" Percy, so the bird remains safe for another year.
In western Honduras, the tropical coffee farm Finca el Paraiso, in the village of Los Naranjos on the western edge of Lago de Yojoa, has easy walking trails and is a fantastic base for boating and bird watching on the lake.
For chicken, skin-on thighs with or without the bone are ideal for marinades, but you can use the whole bird, cut up, if you prefer.
On my first morning at the ranch I meet Robbie Arnold, a laid-back, sunburned 27 year-old who will be my bird guide for the day.
It also enables authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential epidemic in the bud.
The deadline for discounted Early Bird passes is February 13th.
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The first stop for bird-watchers is Patagonia Lake State Park.
"Whilst in the short term this will only benefit non-season ticket holders, it is my intention to offer an additional one-game discount to those season ticket holders who renew for 2010 in the 'early bird' period when it is announced, " said O'Connor.
It's the one in which the elephant, again ridiculed by the rest of the jungle, agrees to babysit an egg while its mother, the reprehensible Mayzie bird, goes off to Palm Beach for the winter.
The characters for which he wrote, Miss Piggy, Big Bird, the Cookie Monster, the Old Geezers, Oscar the Grouch and so on, are splendid parodies of people.
The rest of the bird is processed for its meat, remaining organs, bones and feathers.
Suntech will be supplying solar power to Beijing's Bird Nest Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Meanwhile, Ponting has defended Australia's rotation policy after first Test hero Mitchell Starc was rested for the Melbourne match, allowing Jackson Bird to make his debut.
On June 23, 2011, Foiles pleaded guilty to a criminal Information charging him with one misdemeanor count each for the unlawful sale of wildlife in violation of the Lacey Act, and for unlawfully taking migratory game birds in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
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In 2008, birdwatchers' hopes of snowy owls breeding in the UK for first time in more than 30 years were raised when the bird was joined by a female.
"I am surprised that the true identity of this bird has remained hidden from the scientific world for so long, " George Sangster, lead author from the Swedish Museum of Natural History, said in an email.
Greg Budney, audio curator at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library, a renowned collection of recorded bird song, says he has had requests to use the collection for medical purposes but hasn't heard of bird song being used to fight crime.
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