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Surfbird (Aphriza virgata)
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
turkey vulture. vulture. Close-up of a head and beak of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura).
A Little Bird Told Me
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Black-headed gulls perching on a roof with bird droppings, often seen in flocks around London, England, in winter time. The "black head" develops during the breeding season. (black headed, birds, guano, bird poop)
Do Birds Pee?
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
8 Birds That Can’t Fly
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
jeans, denim, pants, clothing
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A tornado in rural Iowa sweeps dangerously near a farm. Weather storm
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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.
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surfbird: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Surfbird. Jan 15, 2020
Added new Web site: What Bird.com - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: North American Mammals - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Seattle Audubon Society - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Smithsonian National Zoological Park - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: National Audubon Society - Townsend's Surf-bird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Bird Friends Of San Diego County - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: TheCornellLab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Old and Sold - Surf-bird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Green Nature - Surfbird. Jun 11, 2009
Added new Web site: Seattle Audubon Society - Surfbird. Feb 11, 2009
Added new Web site: eNature.com - Surfbird. Feb 11, 2009
Added new Web site: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology - All About Birds - Surfbird. Feb 10, 2009
Added new Web site: BirdLife International - Surfbird. Feb 10, 2009
Added new Web site: Audubon - Surfbird. Feb 10, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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