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Bird 349 – Magnificent Frigatebird
This week we meet the bird that wanted to be a frog, the Magnificent Frigatebird. And I know reading that name you can’t decide if it also wanted to be a sailor in the Queen’s Navy, or if it’s the thing you say when you just don’t care anymore. It’s a bird of many shades,…
Bird 348 – Big Bird
Today we meet one of the great mysteries of the avian world, the Big Bird. First sited in 1969, the Big Bird has confounded ornithologist for decades. To date, no-one is sure where the Big Bird belongs in the avian family tree. Some claim the Big Bird is an aberrant form of Canary, while others…
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