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Birdland Park makeover to regional park destination
DES MOINES, Iowa — This week city leaders unveiled design plans for Birdland Park. The plan is to elevate the north side nature spot to a regional attraction for the whole city, drawing people ...
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Des Moines proposes closing Birdland Pool on city's north side amid budget shortfall
The center will host Des Moines’ first-ever indoor pool. Nathalie Girod, a Union Park resident who swims at the Birdland Pool about six days a week in the summer, said she loves the pool's 50 ...
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“Maggie is in fact a male penguin” - British wildlife park renames misgendered prized female king penguin “Magnus”
A 10-year-old King Penguin in Birdland Park and Garden was renamed from Maggie into Magnus after a feather DNA Test revealed that the penguin is a male. The penguin was subjected to a feather DNA ...