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  2. Shoebill - Wikipedia

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    The shoebill is a tall bird, with a typical height range of 110 to 140 cm (43 to 55 in) and some specimens reaching as much as 152 cm (60 in). Length from tail to beak can range from 100 to 140 cm (39 to 55 in) and wingspan is 230 to 260 cm (7 ft 7 in to 8 ft 6 in). Weight has reportedly ranged from 4 to 7 kg (8.8 to 15.4 lb).

  3. Peterson Field Guides - Wikipedia

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    Appweavers, Inc., [10] the licensee of the Peterson field guides for mobile devices, has developed the Peterson Birds of North America [11] and Peterson Feeder Birds of North America [12] apps for mobile Apple products. The Peterson Birds of North America app also includes some content from other books in the Peterson field guide series.

  4. Bird feeder - Wikipedia

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    Blue jay eating at a feeder Bird feeder in a garden. A birdfeeder, bird table, or tray feeder is a device placed outdoors to supply bird food to birds (bird feeding).The success of a bird feeder in attracting birds depends upon its placement and the kinds of foods offered, [1] as different species have different preferences.

  5. Bird feeding - Wikipedia

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    Large sums of money are spent by ardent bird feeders, who indulge their wild birds with a variety of bird foods and bird feeders. Over 55 million Americans over the age of 16 feed wild birds and spend more than $3 billion a year on bird food, and $800 million a year on bird feeders, bird baths, bird houses and other bird feeding accessories. [22]

  6. Bald eagle - Wikipedia

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    The bald eagle is an opportunistic feeder which subsists mainly on fish, which it swoops down upon and snatches from the water with its talons. It builds the largest nest of any North American bird and the largest tree nests ever recorded for any animal species, up to 4 m (13 ft) deep, 2.5 m (8.2 ft) wide, and 1 metric ton (1.1 short tons) in ...

  7. Osprey - Wikipedia

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    The nest is a large heap of sticks, driftwood, turf, or seaweed built in forks of trees, rocky outcrops, utility poles, artificial platforms, or offshore islets. [ 41 ] [ 51 ] As wide as 2 meters and weighing about 135 kg (298 lb), large nests on utility poles may be fire hazards and have caused power outages .

  8. A Field Guide to Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds - Wikipedia

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    Published in 1980 by Rigby of Adelaide, South Australia, in its series of field guides to Australian natural history, the book is 190 mm high by 130 mm wide.It consists of three parts; Part One contains general information; Part Two contains separate keys to the identification of nests and eggs, as well as the colour plates that illustrate them; Part Three, comprising three-quarters of the ...

  9. List of birds by common name - Wikipedia

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    Abbott's babbler; Abbott's booby; Abbott's starling; Abd al-Kuri sparrow; Abdim's stork; Aberdare cisticola; Aberrant bush warbler; Abert's towhee; Abyssinian catbird