The report also notes successes in bird conservation efforts.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

She felt her heart tremble every time he shot an unsuspecting bird as it was singing in the trees.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

More than seven thousand six hundred bird and other wildlife strikes were reported for civilian aircraft in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

It is about a bird named Francine who travels back in time to learn about her ancient relatives, the dinosaurs.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

It says that nearly one third of about eight hundred bird species in the United States are threatened in some way.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Here is the song "I Was a Bird" in which she dreams about flying high in the sky.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

More than one third of all threatened or endangered bird species in America live on the Hawaiian Islands.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

In addition, more than three hundred fifty bird species and three hundred species of fresh and saltwater fish live within the park.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

And they are not rare. Bird Strike Committee USA gathers information about such incidents in the United States and around the world.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Here is some good advice: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Some people choose to walk alone. Others take part in group explorations led by bird experts.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

And,we will tell about the first complete report of bird populations in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

Killings by animals are the second largest cause of bird death in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

It was put in place to help protect the space shuttle from bird strike damage.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Scientists can predict how this instrument might have sounded by studying a copy of a smaller bird bone flute found several years ago in the same area.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

It said grassland bird populations fell by about forty percent in forty years.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

The bird fought ot escape, but soon lay quietly in Ben's arms.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

"I think the one story that inspired this book was meeting a wonderful man called Don Mertin in New Zealand and he explaining to me how he had saved a species of bird called a Black Robin when there were just seven individuals left in the world of which only two were female and only one of whom was fertile."

VOA: special.2009.11.18

Donaldson says Britain has been planning for a pandemic for about five years, after a scare with bird flu in 2003.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

However,in June's Belmont Stakes, Borel missed a personal Triple Crown when "Summer Bird" won the New York race.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"When a bird hears another bird singing or sings himself, this seems to engage a very large number of genes in the brain.

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

Workers from the International Bird Rescue Center hold their beaks and soak the birds in vegetable oil.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

"As you're hearing my words as I'm speaking, your brain is processing those words, and we think analogous to what's going on in the bird, there's genes in particular areas of your brain, that are being expressed very rapidly or decreased very rapidly to allow you to process that information."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05