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Modern birds
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/modern-birds/It is clear to us today what is a bird and what is not - as feathers make it difficult to confuse them with any other living animal. Many other features – such as wishbones and specialised joints in the wings – are also unique. We place birds in a major group called Aves.
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Feathers of the Gods: Is it a Bird?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/feathers-gods-bird/Is it a bat? Is it a plane? If you are an air traveller, you probably have more to do with museums, especially ours, than you think!
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World Migratory Bird Day 2013
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/world-migratory-bird-day-2013/To recognise World Migratory Bird Day Australian Museum Streamwatch volunteers participated in a wetlands day at Bicentennial Park.
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Predator outwitted – nest cages take eggs off the menu
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-nest-cages-take-eggs-off-the-menu/Experiments reveal that endangered White-fronted Chats will accept nest-cages, giving Sydney's population a last hurrah.
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Birds conversation starters
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/at-the-museum/cs-birds/Have you ever danced like a bird? Use our Birds conversation starters for fun suggestions and prompts for how to engage with this exhibition.
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Bats, birds and bones: a view to a kill
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bats-birds-and-bones-a-view-to-a-kill/Songbird fossils from Queensland reveal the diet of an ancient population of the carnivorous Ghost Bat.
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The quest for the Dwarf-Kingfisher
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-quest-for-the-dwarf-kingfisher/If a kingfisher is caught in a net, does it reside in the forest?
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Generalists are the most urban-tolerant birds
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/generalists-most-urban-tolerant/We used a novel method, integrating large datasets, to identify the ‘urbanness’ of Australian birds
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Robins showing their true colours
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/robins-showing-their-true-colours/Some Eastern Yellow Robins are brighter than others, but are they just drifting?
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Black Currawong
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/black-currawong/The Black Currawong was widely eaten in the early days of European settlement in Tasmania and said to be quite tasty.
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