Fourgeaud is not the first Angry Birds manager to fly the coop.
He said the release of four pairs was the first time the birds had been introduced into the wild in central Bali.
And in record time, too -- the first Angry Birds landed on Apple's iOS App Store in December 2009, less than three years ago, and has since become an international sensation.
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While Mr. Schwartz prefers quail grilled, cooks who are disinclined to barbecue in the cold can first crisp the birds in a hot pan before finishing them in the oven.
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The further they are from the river banks, the lesser their chance of getting attacked, so the sandbars in the middle of the river fill up first, with the birds jostling for a good place.
On one side are the people who believe that the first proto-birds climbed into trees and that, as they glided down, they figured out how to flap.
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But the authorities at the shipyard where the birds have been trapped at first refused the public entry.
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One of the birds, first seen in 1991, was a much lighter color than most red-tailed hawks.
It is not the first time the trust has sent bred-birds back into the wild from Cornwall.
The village was especially proud of the birds because they had taken first prize in last year's international cormorant competition in Japan.
"I really think that first conversation about the birds and the bees opened the door for her to feel that she can come talk to me about anything, " says Ms. Estes.
Two years later, in 1972, Holland released the first recording under his own name, Conference of the Birds, with some of the biggest names in jazz at the time, woodwind players Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton and drummer Barry Altschul.
Although the wall texts group the work by species, in practice the installation falls into two sections: The first explores symbolism in avian imagery, while the second celebrates birds in an array of mediums and styles.
For the first time in six years, birds have returned to nest in its branches.
The first county-wide survey of birds in Devon for 25 years is being compiled for a new ornithology "atlas".
Steve and Emma Ford started the first school dedicated to hunting with birds in 1982, establishing it at Gleneagles a decade later.
From the first throbbing bass notes by Boris Koslov in "Gunslinging Birds" to the animated trombone and vocals of Ku-umba Frank Lacy in "E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too, " and the roaring full-band choruses that close out "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, " the Mingus Big Band was on.
Today marks Rovio's first true sequel to the original Angry Birds, and it's focused on the other side of the farm: the pigs.
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March 11, 2013 -- Espoo, Finland -- Rovio Entertainment is bringing its weekly Angry Birds Toons animated series to fans around the world, setting an industry first in launching a video distribution channel across all of its Angry Birds game titles on smartphones and tablets.
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"Escher did a lot of drawings, but the ones we were thinking about were the ones with lots of birds or fish, " says Adam Barnett-Hart, the group's affable first violinist.
Grove Farm, Botesdale, Suffolk, close to the first infected site, was upgraded to a slaughter on suspicion of having the disease last week after dozens of birds were found dead by officials.
On Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the plane's cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud thumps seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.
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At a news conference Sunday, NTSB board member Kitty Higgins said the cockpit voice recorder captured sounds of loud "thumps" seconds after the pilot and first officer commented on a nearby flock of birds.
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They are interesting because this is the first time that differences in personality have been shown in wild birds.
James took me to the first practice stand and talked me through his philosophy of shooting clays and birds.
Even though Angry Birds was first to market and has experienced success in the consumer products space, no one is quite sure where this will all lead.
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It's not just birds that could be affected, although they are usually the first to feel the effects, said Gregory Bossart, chief veterinary officer for the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
Schirrmann-Hamkens brought up the turkeys because their appearance in a mural allegedly painted circa 1300 was surprising: Turkeys are New World birds believed to have first been introduced to Europe by the Spaniards in the 1550s.
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Angry Birds' release was initially lost in the December 2009 holiday noise and for its first three months looked like another flop.
Meanwhile, toy giant Mattel was showing off its Angry Birds Knock On Wood game, which I first spotted last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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