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It's a beautiful space, but if you got out there you would say,' well, how could you live out here, perched up over the marsh, and if you do, what happens when a storm comes ?' that's the danger of living out there. – Randy Gonzales	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I have never seen anything like it before. The squirrel had its paw raised and the bird had its beak wide open, it was like they were going to have a fight. Karen Crawford, 59, captured the face-off as the pair appeared to be having a row over a handful of nuts on a tree trunk. In the shot, the red squirrel is perched vertically on a tree stump with its paw in the air, as the bird sits on the other side with its beak wide open. (Credit: SWNS) Perhaps even more remarkable, Crawford admitted she did not even realize she took the photos until she got home. I thought wow when I got home and saw the picture and the reaction I have had to it has been really strong. – Karen Crawford	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
He had crossed over a metal railing to get closer to the cliff edge where he lost his footing and fell in, park officials immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the Hawaii County Fire Department and around 9 p.m. local time search and rescue located the man. He was seriously injured, perched on a narrow ledge 70 feet from the cliff edge. – Ben Hayes	Found on CNN 4 years ago
These birds are talking a lot, and they have definitely perched in places where they can see Jack and Reetah, the two bald eagles in our Eagle Canyon habitat. – Tanya Paul	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Flying into Saba is extraordinary, you approach the mountainous island towering out of the sea, to see an impossibly tiny runway appear perched on a cliff. – Adam Twidell	Found on CNN 7 years ago

It's a beautiful space, but if you got out there you would say,' well, how could you live out here, perched up over the marsh, and if you do, what happens when a storm comes ?' that's the danger of living out there.

– Randy Gonzales

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I have never seen anything like it before. The squirrel had its paw raised and the bird had its beak wide open, it was like they were going to have a fight. Karen Crawford, 59, captured the face-off as the pair appeared to be having a row over a handful of nuts on a tree trunk. In the shot, the red squirrel is perched vertically on a tree stump with its paw in the air, as the bird sits on the other side with its beak wide open. (Credit: SWNS) Perhaps even more remarkable, Crawford admitted she did not even realize she took the photos until she got home. I thought wow when I got home and saw the picture and the reaction I have had to it has been really strong.

– Karen Crawford

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

He had crossed over a metal railing to get closer to the cliff edge where he lost his footing and fell in, park officials immediately launched a search and rescue operation with the Hawaii County Fire Department and around 9 p.m. local time search and rescue located the man. He was seriously injured, perched on a narrow ledge 70 feet from the cliff edge.

– Ben Hayes

Found on CNN
4 years ago

These birds are talking a lot, and they have definitely perched in places where they can see Jack and Reetah, the two bald eagles in our Eagle Canyon habitat.

– Tanya Paul

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Flying into Saba is extraordinary, you approach the mountainous island towering out of the sea, to see an impossibly tiny runway appear perched on a cliff.

– Adam Twidell

Found on CNN
7 years ago

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