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The Canada Jay is a bird of many evocative nicknames, including Camp Robber, Gorby, and Whiskyjack. The first two names refer to this bird’s exceptionally tame, bold behavior around humans. “Gorby” is thought to derive from the Scots-Irish word gorb, meaning “glutton.” Folklore told that a gorby was the soul of a dead woodsman, and that any harm done to a gorby rebounded upon the person who harmed the bird.

Clever, curious, and opportunistic, the Canada Jay is incredibly tame and very bold around humans. Some Canada Jays will even

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American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is taking bold action for birds in 2025 and beyond — and we need your help!

For more than 30 years, ABC has benefited 3,000 bird species and conserved 10 million acres of habitat, working together with our partners across the Americas. But the challenges facing birds today are more urgent than ever.

Will you help us continue to build the bridge From Wonder to Action by supporting bird conservation? Join ABC and take bold action for birds today: https://act.abcbirds.org/a/donate-fa25-web-gen?ms=yt_ask_gen_findthem_30sec

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A Salvin’s Albatross, one of the least studied seabird species in the world, has returned to the wild after it successfully recovered from life-saving surgery that removed four large fishing hooks and the fishing line it ingested off the coast of South America. This latest unintended fisheries incident highlights the global risk of bycatch — the accidental capture of nontarget marine wildlife by fisheries — and the importance of actions taken by commercial and artisanal fisheries to address threats to seabirds.

The juvenile Salvin’s Albatross was found by Juan Alberto