Birds on the Move: Awe at the Wonders Overhead

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Migrating birds like geese and ibises often fly in a V formation. It’s a memorable sight for birdwatchers looking up into the sky. Source
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Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Arctic terns, bird mimicry, birds, brain, budgerigars, camera rotation, Clover, cockatiels, combat aircraft, Current Biology, drones, Duke University, Evolution, flight recordings, hummingbird, Intelligent Design, keas, Live Science, lovebirds, lyrebird, Medical Xpress, migration, mimicry, mockingbird, Neuroscience & Mind, newlyweds, odor map, odors, parakeets, parrots, phytoplankton, PLOS ONE, salmon, smells, stabilization, starlings, vocabulary, vocal apparatus, wind directions, zoologists
Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Source
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