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THE global bird crisis
9+ min ago (221+ words) Over half of world’s migratory bird species declining, warns study Every year, billions of migratory birds connect the world's continents, oceans and ecosystems as they undertake epic journeys between their foraging habitats and their breeding grounds. A bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)…...
Once extirpated in PA, the piping plover’s resurgence hits decade milestone
50+ min ago (922+ words) Absent from Pennsylvania for more than 60 years, the federal and state endangered Piping Plover — a small shorebird — has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Federal, state and local officials came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental…...
On Rhode Island beaches, bright-billed oystercatchers make a rare comeback against the odds
50+ min ago (424+ words) American oystercatchers, the football-sized birds with long legs and bright yellow and red bills, are making a comeback due to conservation efforts. According to WBUR, the easy-to-recognize birds were hit hard in the 1900s in New England as hunting and egg…...
Garden birds keep busy
52+ min ago (660+ words) The weather lately has not been at all conducive to birdwatching, so once again I have to say that I have not been out and about on the Bellarine. I have been observing the birds in my garden, and there’s…...
Why Birds Suddenly Stop Visiting Your Feeder—and How to Bring Them Back - AOL
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (628+ words) This is not to say that there’s nothing that can be done to make your feeders more enticing to birds from July through September, or that (heaven forbid!) you should just toss in the towel entirely for the next couple…...
Perching birds became incredibly diverse through rare bursts of evolution
1+ hour, 59+ min ago (1063+ words) Perching birds evolved their body shapes in rare, sudden bursts that lined up with moments of upheaval in Earth’s climate. A new study reconstructs about 50 million years of change in their skeletons. Most of that change was packed into a…...
US film crew document somersaulting pigeons, Mike Tyson and Teesside
12+ hour, 14+ min ago (995+ words) Screenshots from the Meng Lee pigeon documentary Look skyward from back gardens and yards across Middlesbrough and you may see something quite extraordinary. At first glance, it seems like an ordinary flock of pigeons – until, inexplicably to the uninitiated, they…...
Police search for lost parrot in Monroe
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (61+ words) WSOC TV Police search for lost parrot in Monroe MONROE, N.C. â The Monroe Police Department is trying to help search for a lost parrot. The bird was last seen near Main Street. If you see him, call (704) 282-4700 or the non-emergency…...
Solar panels are promised to pay back their cost in 6 to 10 years, but over 138 species of bird are discovering a signal hidden inside the glass that nobody planned for
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (772+ words) Every spring, tens of millions of migratory birds lift off from America’s wetlands and start reading the land below like a map. They have done it for millions of years. Water is their compass point, their rest stop, their lifeline…...
In California, the turbines were so loud that nearby squirrels began standing watch like tiny security guards
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (681+ words) The expansion of renewable energy worldwide is accelerating, and now wind turbines are presenting an ecological challenge we did not plan for. Conservationists are starting to focus more and more on the acoustic footprint of the spinning blades. We now…...