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'Extinct' Bird Flies Again

Beck's petrel hadn't been seen since 1920s

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 8, 2008 10:45 AM CST

(Newser) – The Beck’s petrel, a bird last seen in the 1920s and long thought extinct, appears to be very much alive, the AP reports. Spurred by unconfirmed sightings in Australia two years ago, an Israeli ornithologist set out for a group of islands off Papua... Read full story »

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'Extinct' Bird Flies Again

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