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<title>Hawk swoops on rare bird visitor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[And they say bird watching isn't exciting. Come on...]]></description>
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<title>Bird extinction rates far worse than realised</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Every year another species of bird vanishes forever, new research suggests, an extinction rate four times higher than traditional estimates. Furthermore, the analysis predicts that by the end of the century the rate will accelerate to 10 extinctions per year. The work was carried out by Peter Raven, at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis, US, and colleagues. By the year 2100, Raven adds, 


we will see total homogenisation 


 an end to regional diversity. The same few bird species will be seen everywhere, whether they are native or not".]]></description>
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<title>Ducklike Fossil Points to Aquatic Origins for Modern Birds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Another piece in the puzzle - modern birds didn't evolve from dinosaur ancestors.]]></description>
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<title>Study says fishing may be contributor to seabirds' decline</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fleets that hauled sardines from the West Coast may have forced the murrelet to rely on poorer-quality food, undermining their breeding, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley say.]]></description>
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<title>3 Biologists Question Evidence in Sighting of Rare Woodpecker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Might not be an ivory-bill after all.  Scientific debate about to rage...]]></description>
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