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Now, like the rest of Australia's wild bird population, they face the threat of H5N1, which breached the continental landmass for the first time in June and has since started to spread in local wildlife.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

There are no people on Lighthouse Island, apart from volunteers and the occasional visitor to the bird observatory at weekends.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

I was in a series of early failed rock and roll relationships, so my imagination was: Who killed that bird?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

National Transportation Safety Board released Thursday said bird remains, including feathers, were found inside certain components of the engine, which suffered a broken fan blade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Of course, he hadn’t, because the great black-backed gull was a bird, and although it was a bigger bird than a puffin, it was not nearly as big as a musk ox.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Also known as fairy penguins, they are the tiniest species of the semi-aquatic sea birds, barely reaching knee height and weighing about the same as a standard bag of sugar.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Andrius Banevicius, the public information officer for Connecticut's Department of Correction, recounted how Smith used to feed the birds while in Osborn prison, earning him the nickname The Birdman of Osborn.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Those predators included anacondas, saber toothed mammals, flightless "terror birds" and sebecids, a group of land dwelling relatives of crocodylians.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

She pointed to news of road construction crews digging deeper and deeper into Brazil’s Amazon forest, which she said will inevitably “bring us into contact with birds and bugs” and the disease-baggage they carry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Then she flopped into the pool for a rest and a bath, and she and Fred watched the birds overhead.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr