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Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
People walking past.
The last tin of baked beans.
Check the oil.
I've found a lake.
A helicopter.Is it looking for me ?
The lady and her dogs.
Blue Peter.
Vampire tendencies.
"Sunshine".
Driving a large van.
The rich get richer.
Ross lets his girlfriend down.
Looking at the map.
Suko is recognised.
A busy path.
A closing down sale.
He must have terrible wind.
The forest at night.
The birds are singing - for nothing.
Walking.
A bit heavy handed.
Bargains everywhere.
Owls.Twit - Twooo.
Getting lost.
Perched.
Iceland has gone bust.
My Bum's gone to sleep !
A tap on the shoulder.
I had some spare time !
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UKThursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on... more
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Observers from Guinness World Records will be in Mellat park in Tehran tomorrow to watch a team of chefs make the world's biggest ostrich sandwich.
It will consist of 1000 kg of meat, and will be 1,500 metres long. The existing record is 1,378 metres long.
The event will begin before dawn and will finish in time for lunch.
Observers from Guinness World Records will be in Mellat park in Tehran tomorrow to... more
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View the rainforest of Panama and it's wildlife with natural sounds amd .... relax.
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The 'State of the World's Birds' indicated that many species of birds were declining on censuses around the world (www.birdlife.org). In North America, the declines were notably strong among grassland birds, seabirds in California, and many species that were once very common.The 'State of the World's Birds' indicated that many species of birds... more
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Photographs from Richmond Park in London, England on October 10, 2008 and October 11, 2008.Photographs from Richmond Park in London, England on October 10, 2008 and October 11,... more
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Have you ever visited a place so enchanting, so fascinating, so alive, that no matter where you go in your life, or what you do from that point on, the memory of that particular journey and its adventures remain incredibly fixed in your mind?Have you ever visited a place so enchanting, so fascinating, so alive, that no matter... more
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Rob Butler, scientist, author and naturalist, reveals what birds can tell us about the world and ourselves.
British Columbia's rich variety of habitats from ocean seashores to deserts and mountain tops are home to hundreds of varieties of birds. And Vancouver is located in one of Canada's birdiest regions. The Fraser River Delta is renowned for its internationally important numbers of birds. The Important Bird Area project sponsored by Nature Canada and Bird Studies Canada ranked the Fraser as the number one site in the country for its bird wealth.Rob Butler, scientist, author and naturalist, reveals what birds can tell us about the... more
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Ripe fruit plunks to the ground and rolls to the road at my left. That instant, the cassowary bursts from a tangle of ferns outside Clump Mountain National Park near Mission Beach, Australia. The bird's sharp beak is pointed roughly at my neck. Her eyes bulge. She probably weighs about 140 pounds, and as she thumps past me her red wattles swing to and fro and her black feathers give off an almost menacing shimmer. Local residents call her Barbara, but somehow the name doesn't fit the creature in front of me. She looks like a giant, prehistoric turkey—a turkey, however, that could disembowel me with a swipe of its nearly five-inch claws. Luckily, she just wants the mango, which she scoops up whole and mashes with her beak.
To read more of this click the link:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/phenomena-200810.htmledit Ripe fruit plunks to the ground and rolls to the road at my left. That instant, the... more
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UK photographer Andy Rouse records a nest-building osprey in flight. The bird was carrying the stick back to his female. "Every time the male offered the female a twig, she would mate with him," he said. The picture was highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 competition.UK photographer Andy Rouse records a nest-building osprey in flight. The bird was... more
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Birds are interesting in many ways; they can teach us characteristic that many humans would do well to copy. Birds are interesting in many ways; they can teach us characteristic that many humans... more
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A new predatory dinosaur with a birdlike breathing system found in Argentina may help scientists better understand the evolution of birds' lung systems.
The elephant-size dinosaur Aerosteon riocoloradensis lived 85 million years ago during the Cretaceous period.
The fossil provides the first evidence of dinosaur air sacs, which pump air into the lungs and are used by modern-day birds, said Paul Sereno, the project's lead researcher and a National Geographic explorer-in-residence.
Scientists have known dinosaurs used the pumplike apparatus to breathe, but the new find cements the connection between dinosaur and avian evolution, said Sereno, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago.
"This leaves little discussion that air sacs existed and that meat-eaters really do have lung structures that resemble birds," Sereno said.
More at article. A new predatory dinosaur with a birdlike breathing system found in Argentina may help... more
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Brazilian authorities detained a Portuguese man at Sao Paulo's international airport with 200 birds in his bag, police said on Thursday.
Customs officials found 65 of 200 Canary birds dead, the Agriculture Ministry said in a statement. Police will charge the man, who arrived from Peru and resides in Brazil, with animal trafficking, a federal police officer at the airport said.
The remaining live birds will be sent back to Peru by plane, in more humane conditions.Brazilian authorities detained a Portuguese man at Sao Paulo's international... more
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Here's a product you might not have thought of before. This bird proofing gel helps keep birds from damaging property by deterring roosting. Birds can't stand sticky, unpleasant-smelling surfaces and this gel turns any surface into just that... Here's a product you might not have thought of before. This bird proofing gel... more
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Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Little purple flowers.
Taking cuttings.
A huge wasp.
The plane going overhead.
A crash and a bang.
Oooh. The ice cream van.
Is there a shortage of bees ?
Full of dust.
Lee wants to be a cat.
Back in the garden.
The microphone is getting closer.
The rusty old nail.
Catching things with the hoover.
Matty on hospitals.
New plants.
AT LAST ! Sounds from my garden up on line. Find them at http://www.chrisreardon.co.uk
I said a "99".
Is that a duck ?
Purring.
They have worn down.
Lunch in Asda.
A visit to the grave.
chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UKTuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on... more
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Scottish farmers in the north-west Highlands claim that sea eagles, which have been reintroduced to the area, have killed more than 200 of their lambs.
Fifteen white tailed sea eagles were released back into the wild at a secret location by the RSPB and Scottish Natural Heritage in August. Now farmers claim the two conservation groups are not taking their concerns seriously enough. Although sea eagles have taken several lambs in the past, the farmers say this year's death toll is much worse and they believe the birds are directly to blame for the rise. One crofter even lost 50% of her animals.
A spokesperson said that one female crofter even lost 50% of her animals. He explained: "She actually saw a sea eagle lifting a lamb from her field and flying off with it. We've had lambs that have had their necks sliced, they then can't lift them and are found going round in circles". Another crofter described going close to a sea eagle's nest and finding what he described as a sheep's graveyard.Scottish farmers in the north-west Highlands claim that sea eagles, which have been... more
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Populations of common bird species are declining, a global assessment indicates, a trend being attributed to loss of habitat.Populations of common bird species are declining, a global assessment indicates, a... more
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This is a multimedia piece about Chris Kahler who is a bird conservationist working with shore birds in Ventura county, in Ventura, CA. He runs the program which preserves land for nesting, monitors the beaches and bird populations and educates the public about the issues.This is a multimedia piece about Chris Kahler who is a bird conservationist working... more
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This important species may be extinct in as little as 3 years.
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The southern Bahamian island of Great Inagua is known for two things -- its old salt plant and a 60,000-strong flamingo flock.
Now some Bahamians wonder if they might end up losing both after Hurricane Ike ripped across the island last week causing millions of dollars in damage.
Most of the flamingos, which attract bird-watchers from all over the world, took off before Ike arrived and have not been seen since, according to officials in charge of the islands' national parks.
Left behind were 30 dead birds, thought to have been entangled in trees as they tried to flee, and a few hundred live ones that might have taken shelter in the mangroves.
Glenn Bannister, president of the Bahamas National Trust, said all of the island's birds -- including Bahama parrots and White Crown pigeons -- vanished before the storm hit.
The parrots returned after the storm, desperately seeking food among the storm-blasted trees and plant life. But for now, most of the flamingos have not come back and Bannister has no idea where they've gone.
"Some of the flamingos are now reappearing, but it could be one or two years before they get back to their regular nesting pattern," said Lynn Gape, also of the National Trust. She said wardens had only reported sightings of "several hundred" compared to the thousands there before.
The southern Bahamian island of Great Inagua is known for two things -- its old salt... more
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New study shows a sharp drop in migratory waterbird populations along main migration routes in Africa and Eurasia.
The report: 'Conservation Status of Migratory Waterbirds in the African-Eurasian Flyways' prepared by Wetlands International for the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA), reveals that of 522 studied migratory waterbird populations on routes across Africa and Eurasia, 40 per cent are in decline.
Simon Delany, Waterbird Conservation Officer at the Netherlands-based headquarters of Wetlands International and principal author of the report, said: "The main causes of declining waterbird numbers along the African-Eurasian Flyways are the destruction and unsustainable exploitation of wetlands, which are largely driven by poorly-planned economic development."
The main causes of population decrease include, infrastructure development, wetland reclamation, increasing pollution and hunting pressure.
These impacts are in many cases compounded by impacts of climate change and associated phenomena, such as increased frequency of droughts, sea-level rise and changes in Arctic tundra habitats.
Migratory waterbirds, and in particular long-distance migrants, are highly vulnerable to environmental changes. To complete their annual life-cycles, they depend upon separate geographic regions in breeding and non-breeding seasons which may be thousands of kilometres apart, as well as a network of stop-over sites along the route.
New study shows a sharp drop in migratory waterbird populations along main migration... more
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