birds
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Survivors wheeled and circled above the wreckage for days, and injured birds straggling ashore were killed by Angelenos looking for a free meal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Nightingale birds, the brown-banded carder bee and the five-banded weevil-wasp have also been recorded at the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nearly every dinosaur lineage disappeared, including most types of birds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
I started to nod in agreement, but then I heard strange noises, a pattering, like rain, and also a distant squeaking, like a flock of birds taking flight.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
