Live bird markets are the traditional way that poultry is sold in China.

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And if travellers come to see the condors, locals may learn that they can earn more money protecting a live bird than they can save by killing one.

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Feed the bird live fish in the office kitchen.

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As well as live coverage from the bird reserve, Springwatch 2011 will also include films and live link-ups from around the UK, ranging from features on beavers in Scotland to wildlife found on an Essex rubbish dump.

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More than 350 bird species live in the wetlands, which is roughly the size of Belgium.

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However, the SGA criticised RSPB Scotland for taking the case to the media four months after the eagle was found, despite the investigation into the bird's death still being live.

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Earlier, the commission slapped a ban on all imports of live birds and untreated feathers from both Turkey and Romania, where bird flu was also detected.

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The Antiquorum automaton includes a clock, which activates the automaton every half hour, triggering the bird to sing one of seven popular tunes (as live canaries of the time were routinely trained to do).

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Schnieder, who is originally from the south of France, and his partner Maria live in a picture perfect, pastel blue two-story house that looks out onto bird filled marshes.

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If I walk through a forest in Georgia, where I live, and fail to see or hear the pileated woodpecker, am I permitted to conclude that the bird is absent?

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