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Baltimore Oriole

Photo: Baltimore oriole nesting in wild
The distinctly colored Baltimore oriole builds a hanging nest for its four or so eggs.
Photograph by George Grall

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Photo of the Day: In the Weeds

See a California gull, hidden well in the high grass of California's Channel Islands.

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Photo of the Day: Hightailing It

Watch a resplendent quetzal bird in flight in the rain forests of Guatemala.

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Flicker Woodpeckers

Find out how the homebuilding of flicker woodpeckers is a keystone of forest biodiversity in this feature.

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Ungainly Grace

They've been called awkward, grotesque, and absurdly ridiculous. See how the clumsy American white pelican turns to poetry in flight in this National Geographic magazine feature.

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