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Lost Cuckoo Breaks Its Silence - Newswise SciWire A team of biologists has recorded for the first time the call of the extremely rare Sumatran ground cuckoo, found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Thu Mar 1, 2007 - Hits: 11 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Thieves steal 105 prize canaries: - Kings Lynn Today A CANARY exhibitor is offering a £5,000 reward after thieves stole 105 birds from his Walton Highway home. Wed Feb 28, 2007 - Hits: 20 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Ambassadors for the birds - Missouri Valley Times It's a grey, overcast, windy morning at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, and there aren't many guests at the Visitor's Center. Tue Feb 27, 2007 - Hits: 27 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Birds plan for food - Cambridge Evening News PECKISH birds show more intelligence than we give them credit for and even make forward plans when it comes to meals. Thu Feb 22, 2007 - Hits: 35 (Report Dead Link?) |
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The feeder's empty, so why are the birds here? - CS Monitor A shadow flickered against the wall of my living room in the afternoon's diminishing daylight. Even though I caught the movement peripherally, by the time I stood up to catch a glimpse of what had made it, it was gone. Thu Feb 22, 2007 - Hits: 49 (Report Dead Link?) |
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"Extra" has 26 toes! - Sidney Morning Herald Australian kitten born with 26 toes. Thu Feb 22, 2007 - Hits: 80 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Penguins threatened - Newswise SciWire A warming trend during the last few decades in the Antarctic Peninsula has already forced penguin populations to migrate south. Thu Feb 15, 2007 - Hits: 59 (Report Dead Link?) |
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A valentine for backyard birds - Examiner Give a unique valentine this year to your loved ones, such as a simple lace heart in a bag of birdseed. Write a poem on the back that reads, ?I made a hundred valentines, one hundred did I say? / I made a thousand valentines one cold and wintry day. Mon Feb 12, 2007 - Hits: 84 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Eagles make comeback - The Bismark Tribune It's Mike Bryant's job to create habitat to improve the eagle population. He's the manager of the Karl E. Mundt National Wildlife Refuge near the Fort Randall dam. As we drive across the Missouri River dam he points. Mon Feb 12, 2007 - Hits: 52 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Expert on fake photos queries parrot species claim - The Australian THE reported discovery of a new species of parrot in Queensland's rainforests has been undermined by a leading authority on forensic photography. Mon Feb 12, 2007 - Hits: 66 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Red-headed cranes flock to bird sanctuary - Thanh Nien News A flock of 30 red-headed cranes, listed as an endangered species in the world's Red Book have recently returned to the Tram Chim National Park in southern Dong Thap province. Sat Jan 27, 2007 - Hits: 92 (Report Dead Link?) |
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February Is Wild Bird Feeding Month - Burbank Weekly February is Wild Bird Feeding Month, an observance established in 1994 by the National Bird Feeding Society. It was created in order to help educate Americans about feeding wild birds -- particularly in wintertime, one of the most difficult periods i Sat Jan 27, 2007 - Hits: 120 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Bird Brains: A Southerner makes its way north - Burlington Free Press Many Vermont birders and feeder-watchers have reached for their field guides recently at the sight of a zebra-patterned, red-capped, medium-sized woodpecker. Some have questioned their initial identification Fri Jan 26, 2007 - Hits: 51 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Golfing, dunking parakeet has become an Internet video star - Daily Courier Teaching a parakeet to putt is no tap-in. Ask David Cota, who spent months training his Indian ringneck parakeet A.J. to use a tiny putter to sink putts on a miniature green, making the 5-inch tall bird an Internet video star. Fri Jan 26, 2007 - Hits: 53 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Bird-watchers love hobby; you can count on it - Salt Lake Tribune Bird-watching is the second-most popular outdoor hobby and the fastest growing of all outdoor recreational activities, involving about 70 million in the United States, according to Don and Lillian Stokes, authors of the Stokes Nature Guide series of Thu Jan 25, 2007 - Hits: 55 (Report Dead Link?) |
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