#Man named Colin Pidgeon catches pigeon during Zoom meeting

#Man named Colin Pidgeon catches pigeon during Zoom meeting

“#Man named Colin Pidgeon catches pigeon during Zoom meeting” This bird brain failed to fly-by-night and ended up on-screen. A Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for Finance meeting on Zoom turned fowl this Wednesday when a committee member, who happens to be named Colin Pidgeon, randomly caught a pigeon mid-call.  “I have literally just caught a…

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#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt

#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt

“#Swan in mourning brings German trains to a halt” It was a cygnet failure. A broken-hearted swan mourning its dead mate recently brought trains to a halt for almost an hour on a high-speed rail line in central Germany, according to reports. The sad swan refused to abandon the tracks for 50 minutes on Dec….

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#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report

#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report

“#More than 1.5B masks will pollute oceans this year: report” More than 1.5 billion disposable face masks will wind up in the world’s oceans this year — polluting the water with tons of plastic and endangering marine wildlife, according to a Hong Kong-based environmental group. A report by OceansAsia cites a global market research report…

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#Trump’s Middle East gift to Biden and other commentary

#Trump’s Middle East gift to Biden and other commentary

“#Trump’s Middle East gift to Biden and other commentary” Foreign desk: Don’s Mideast Gift to Joe The foreign-policy establishment gripes about President Trump nonstop, notes Ray Takeyh at Foreign Policy, but “overlooked is the fact that the Trump administration has pursued a successful Middle East policy” — and will bequeath to its successors a more…

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#1,000 birds flew into Philadelphia skyscrapers in just one day

#1,000 birds flew into Philadelphia skyscrapers in just one day

“#1,000 birds flew into Philadelphia skyscrapers in just one day” More than 1,000 birds reportedly died or were injured after flying into skyscrapers in Philadelphia last Friday in what was described as a “catastrophic event.” Weather conditions, coupled with normal migratory patterns, could be to blame for the horrifying occurrence within a section of the…

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#Why birds are singing a ‘sexier’ song during lockdown: Study

#Why birds are singing a ‘sexier’ song during lockdown: Study

“#Why birds are singing a ‘sexier’ song during lockdown: Study” Quarantine has made birds more sultry. The coronavirus shutdown has had a huge, unintended but generally positive impact on nature — including, new research has found, making birds sing softer, sweeter and sexier. “When noise levels dropped during the shutdown, their songs actually sounded sexier…

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