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Ability to tolerate enemies influences coevolution
(19 Mar 2010 11:22)
... collected and discussed various examples from the animal world where the victim makes use of ... evolution of enemy-victim relations in animals. The cuckoo's brood parasitism is a classic example. The ... example. The great spotted cuckoo lays its eggs in the nest of the European magpie ...
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Flood plain restoration moving ahead
(19 Mar 2010 08:59)
... also stabilize the river banks and provide habitat for seven state and federally listed species, including the yellow-billed cuckoo, Swainson's hawk, green sturgeon, Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. Staff writer Heather Hacking can ...
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Battle to scupper Green Belt development
(19 Mar 2010 14:32)
... for similar developments, be turned into residential housing in the future and threaten rare animals, such as the cuckoo. Cllr Gillian Ford (RA, Cranham) said: "In Havering we have many brownfield sites that ...
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Send us your wildlife pics
(18 Mar 2010 18:51)
... have seen across the borough. Dad-of-two Steve Egglestone, from South Shields, managed to get this ... of beach. I have seen some lovely birds there. "However, that's the first time I ... photographer, 47-year-old Dougie Holden, captured this young cuckoo in Trow Quarry, South Shields. He said: ...
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Where Did You Come From
(18 Mar 2010 03:30)
... the warp and woof of the events that make up history.” Jean-Marc Ela “The cuckoo lays her eggs in any bird’s nest; it may be hatched among blackbirds or robins or thrushes, but it is always a cuckoo; A (woman) cannot deliver ...
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Britons go back to nature as writers supply a new call of the wild
(16 Mar 2010 00:39)
... the renaissance. "Shakespeare's plays are riddled with animal imagery and symbolism that still carries much ... from the morally dubious antics of the cuckoo. "Wordsworth had his daffodils and Ted Hughes' ... of geese were born from seashells, and birds, such as swallows and swifts, hibernated in ...
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Comment period extended on 'safe harbor' plan along Sacramento River
(15 Mar 2010 09:15)
... receiving protection from violations of the Endangered Species Act. The program, created between the Sacramento ... to where the Sacramento River meets the Feather River at Verona. The program protects the ... bank swallow, willow flycatcher and western yellow-billed cuckoo. Property owners can contribute to these species ...
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Eva Longoria hits the town in London to celebrate her 35th birthday after wowing on the red carpet at the Noble Gift Gala
(14 Mar 2010 10:12)
... come to an end, headed to the Cuckoo Club in Piccadilly for an after party ... and black sequins, topped off with a feathered clutch bag. The black-tie event was supported ...
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Station kiosks to become 'buzz' stops
(16 Mar 2010 08:58)
... mini green roofs will attract insects and birds and add a touch of greenery to ... sustained approach to looking after Islington's rare species and natural habitats. Lasius Emarginatus formicine ants, cuckoo bees and long-tailed blue butterflies are among ...
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Look, up in the sky, it's that guy with the jetpack
(18 Mar 2010 05:37)
... not the dove. The pillow has more feathers than the dove, and it doesn't have ... peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. — Orson Welles This story appeared ...
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Bird species declining in NH
(12 Mar 2010 12:30)
... CONCORD MONITOR - What do birds like the whip-poor-will, barn swallow and purple ... in common? Each is among the 65 species whose populations are steadily declining in New ... homes in shrublands, such as the black-billed cuckoo and brown thrasher, and grassland birds, such ...
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Symbols of peace or just dirty birds?
(12 Mar 2010 18:40)
... and have been tagged as dangerous wild animals subject to capture. They have even been ... in trash cans. They have truly become birds that have lost the mountains, lost people, ... which says, Pigeons cry but I like cuckoos. It is a part of the Bulgokjo ...
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Wheatear and whitethroat fly in
(11 Mar 2010 09:12)
... is set to welcome an influx of birds as spring approaches. Millions of migrating birds ... signs of lighter days ahead as new species start arriving for the summer and winter ... Over the coming weeks, foreign visitors wheatear, cuckoo, swallow, whitethroat, turtle dove, linnet, willow warbler ...
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Interview: Alex Frost - Artist
(12 Mar 2010 00:49)
... touches on consumerism, technology, lifestyle, art and veggie burgers, with a healthy dose of self-awareness ... described Frost's work as "quietly subversive", "a cuckoo's egg carefully laid in the art-world nest ...
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Free improv: Sometimes it's better to shut your eyes
(11 Mar 2010 21:31)
... the regular squeak of an electric pulse, cuckoo-ish meepings and brief farts of static. Several ... four men delivered a more atmospheric, restful species of free improv. From the outset, the ...
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