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Lost Parakeet Makes Its Way Home After Reciting Address to Police

There’s no place like home. But if your feet are too small for ruby red slippers, the next best way to get there may be simply to recite your address to police officers.

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Scientists Take First-Ever Penguin Census — from Space

How many emperor penguins can you count from space? A lot.

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Reading While Eating for January 17: Internet Icons

From Betty White to Ryan Gosling to podcasters galore, Tuesday’s links focus on the web’s favorite people.

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Pigeons Remember That You Hate Them, Will Probably Plot Revenge Later

Remember that pigeon you scowled and hissed at last week? He remembers you.

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Bird Watchers, Beware: Electronic Bird Calls May Harm the Creatures

What if all the bird lovers out there clamoring to use their new technology were really driving birds mad? As new bird-calling technology, whether applications for your smartphone or recorded onto your iPod, lure birds to where you are for better viewing or photographing, they may also be messing with the brains of birds.

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Obvious Study of the Day: Cats Are a Main Cause of Bird Deaths

Your precious house cat may be all sweet and cuddly when nestled up to you, but in the great outdoors, it’s a cold-blooded killer — of birds, that is.

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The Oldest Wild U.S. Bird: Still Alive and Kicking, and a New Mom, at 60

Last month, an albatross showed up in the middle of nowhere near Hawaii. She was raising a chick she had just hatched – proving that motherhood never stops, even when you’re 60 years old. (via Ecocentric)

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Bird Bond: ‘Nano Hummingbird’ Drone Takes Spying to the Sky

This drone gives new meaning to “bird watching.”

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Hawk on the Loose Inside Library of Congress

Visiting the Library of Congress? Duck — there’s a hawk on the loose.

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New Year’s Weekend Wrap-Up: iPhones Quit and Oprah Gets to Work

Happy Monday, and Happy 2011, NewsFeeders. Shake off that hangover – it’s time to be productive. After all, that was one of your New Year’s Resolutions, wasn’t it?