Would you be nicer to pigeons if they were green?

Artist Julian Charrière gave the despised pigeons of Venice’s St. Mark’s Square a flamboyant makeover in green, blue and red. Tourists went nuts for the pretty birds. What did the other birds think?

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Natives and non-natives mix it up at Green-Wood Cemetery

an egret walks into a bar

Great egrets hunt Japanese koi at Green-Wood Cemetery, where a South American monk parrot may have gotten sick from a raccoon.

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Parrots moving to Park Slope?

Monk parrots, longtime residents of Greenwood Cemetery, may be moving north into Park Slope, where they’ve been feeding on 3rd Street.

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Where to see feral parrots in London and the UK

London and southeast England have growing populations of feral green birds, rose-ringed parakeets, that roost in some of London’s biggest parks.

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Dennis Edge, wildlife photographer, shows Tompkins Sq’s 88 bird species

How many bird species have you seen in New York City? Dennis Edge, an East Village photographer, has scored an amazing 88 species in and around Tompkins Square Park.

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Tybee Island’s Crab Shack is also cat and bird shack

The Crab Shack takes care of a dozen resident cats who were drawn in by the smell of delicious seafood and 10 birds who lost their homes.

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SeeTurtles.org expanding to see (and help) other wildlife

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SeeTurtles.org is expanding to show people how to go see and help animals around the world with seethewild.org

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Japanese dolphin killers at it again, this time more discreetly & daily tour of animal news

Blue Atlantic discovers Japan still slaughtering dolphins in way that doesn’t turn bay red. South Africa kills four poachers. Six WWF workers kidnapped in India, likely by poachers.

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Nova Scotia still paying $20 coyote bounty; Wild bald eagle courts one at zoo

Nova Scotia is going back to barbaric bounties, offering trappers $20 per coyote pelt. They hope to kill 4,000 that way. Finland wolves and ND coyotes also under attack from poachers and snowmobiles.

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Which Animal is Having More Fun? The Horny Parrot or Spiteful Dolphin?

Is it the horny, endangered parrot, pointed out by Zoologix? (This flightless Kakapo name Sirocco was hand-raised and imprinted on people. So it’s only natural he wants to hook-up with people. Watch out, he’s looking for more friends on facebook)[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Faae5MZzU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]Or the spiteful dolphins, who flick jellyfish out of the sea at every opportunity?[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOo4Sb_5AjE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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