Unlike shooting partridge in Spain, where the birds fly low due to the landscape, here they are much higher.

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Fourgeaud is not the first Angry Birds manager to fly the coop.

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The plans will see the current farmhouse almost double in size along with the conversion of a stable block for staff accommodation, the creation of a pond and the erection of large hack pens where the birds learn to fly.

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According to a 1998 study by Louisiana State University, more than 500 million birds fly over the Gulf and enter the United States along coastal areas in Louisiana and Texas each spring.

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Yet Inmarsat's birds cover almost the entire world: They fly in geosynchronous orbit (GEOs, as they're known) 36, 000 kilometers above the earth and thus have large footprints.

FORBES: Down To Earth

We will teach birds to fly, and fishes to swim, and ruminants to chew the cud.

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Falconers develop a strong relationship and spiritual bond with their birds, and commitment is required to breed, train, handle and fly the falcons.

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