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For the Birds

Today is National Bird Day.

MILAN, Italy — 1989.

© Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

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BRISTOL, United Kingdom — 1998. The photographer remarks: "I love

photographing pigeons. They're great scroungers, and they're a great metaphor
for human beings, especially when they're pecking at junk food. So, when I
saw this pigeon with a fried-chicken packet in Bedminster, near where I live in
Bristol, it was a natural picture."
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NEW YORK — 1975.

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LOIRET, France — 1955.

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DELHI, India — A hospital for birds, 1985.

© Carl De Keyzer / Magnum Photos

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ANGKOR WAT, Cambodia — A bird sanctuary in Tonle Sap Lake, 2002.

© John Vink / Magnum Photos

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QIQIHAR, China — Outside the city, dancing cranes wander in a conservation

zone, a swampland where all types of migratory birds flock, 1985.
© Hiroji Kubota / Magnum Photos

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NEW YORK — Bird-watchers in Central Park, 1992.

© Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

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NEWPORT, United Kingdom — Birds at a disposal site, 1998.

© Josef Koudelka / Magnum Photos

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