A Christmas Bird Count
By FRANK MCKINNEY
Crack! Ice broke under
someone’s foot.
Crunch! More ice.
Someone muttered
in the back.
“Shhhussh!”
We were being as
stealthy as six city
people could be
in an ice covered
swamp in the middle
of winter.
Even spring could hear us coming and it was months away.
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By FRANK MCKINNEY
Crack! Ice broke under
someone’s foot.
Crunch! More ice.
Someone muttered
in the back.
“Shhhussh!”
We were being as
stealthy as six city
people could be
in an ice covered
swamp in the middle
of winter.
Even spring could hear us coming and it was months away.
More
By ELSIE WALKER
A man is driving down the highway with 12
penguins sitting in the back of his car. A cop
sees this and pulls him over. “What’s
wrong, officer?” asked the man.
“Those penguins in the backseat of your
car, I want you to take them to the zoo
immediately,” said the cop.
“Yes sir, officer, “ said the obedient driver.
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A man is driving down the highway with 12
penguins sitting in the back of his car. A cop
sees this and pulls him over. “What’s
wrong, officer?” asked the man.
“Those penguins in the backseat of your
car, I want you to take them to the zoo
immediately,” said the cop.
“Yes sir, officer, “ said the obedient driver.
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| AVIAN CENTER DEFINITELY FOR THE BIRDS |
By ELSIE WALKER
The sound of wings flapping and birds chirping can be heard in the background as
Giselle Smisko talks on the phone. You might think she was in the middle of the woods.
However, she is standing in her house.
Part of Smisko’s home is “for the birds” literally. There you’ll find the Avian Wildlife
Center. The center cares for rescued wild birds until they are well enough to be released.
It is also permanent home to those who are not able to return to the wild.
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The sound of wings flapping and birds chirping can be heard in the background as
Giselle Smisko talks on the phone. You might think she was in the middle of the woods.
However, she is standing in her house.
Part of Smisko’s home is “for the birds” literally. There you’ll find the Avian Wildlife
Center. The center cares for rescued wild birds until they are well enough to be released.
It is also permanent home to those who are not able to return to the wild.
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| URBAN LANDSCAPE INCLUDES PARROTS |
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By VERA LAWLOR
To residents of Brooklyn, New York, and Edgewater, New Jersey, feeding flocks of
parrots in the local park is all in a morning’s work but to visitors the birds are a constant
surprise.
While there are many theories as to how the Wild Quaker Parrots (also known as Monk
Parakeets) arrived in these two spots, one thing is for sure said Steve Baldwin, founder
of Brooklyn Parrots: “They didn’t fly all the way from their native Argentina.”
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By WILLIAM SMITH
She’s not exactly Dr. Doolittle, but Dr. Irene Pepperberg does talk to the animals,
especially her pal Alex, an African Grey Parrot (now deceased.)
Dr. Pepperberg, Adjunct Associate Professor at Brandeis University, (Waltham, Mass.,)
has been studying parrot intelligence since 1973 which led her to found The Alex
Foundation, named after the African Grey she purchased from a Chicago pet store in
1977.
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She’s not exactly Dr. Doolittle, but Dr. Irene Pepperberg does talk to the animals,
especially her pal Alex, an African Grey Parrot (now deceased.)
Dr. Pepperberg, Adjunct Associate Professor at Brandeis University, (Waltham, Mass.,)
has been studying parrot intelligence since 1973 which led her to found The Alex
Foundation, named after the African Grey she purchased from a Chicago pet store in
1977.
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| SAYING GOODBYE TO BIRD WONDER: AFRICAN GREY ALEX |
| HOORAY FOR WORLD PENGUIN DAY |