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New Bird Flu IDed in Penguins | The Scientist Magazine®
Scientists have identified for the first time an avian influenza that infects penguins.
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A Boldface Guest List for Bird Week
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology says these 15 species will most likely pass through New York City this week.
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It's Not Just Wind Turbines and Oil Spills—Solar Power Kills Birds, Too
When it comes to energy harvesting, our avian friends just can't catch a break.
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It's Not Just Wind Turbines and Oil Spills—Solar Power Kills Birds, Too
When it comes to energy harvesting, our avian friends just can't catch a break.
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Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Black-backed Woodpeckers in California, Oregon, S. Dakota : Indybay
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity and the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute on April 2 filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over the agency’s failure to protect black-backed woodpeckers u
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The Vatican�s newest employee: A hawk to protect the doves
The Vatican has recruited an intrepid hawk to protect the pope�s doves after two were killed in front of horrified crowds by a crow and seagull, a Catholic weekly reported.
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Feds Want More Public Comment On Protecting Rare Bird | Birds | ReWild | KCET
A striking bird that's been waiting more than 15 years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to decide whether to list it under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) just got handed another minor delay. USFWS has announced that it's reopening public comment o
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Close Call With Raccoon For Hays Bald Eagles - CBS Pittsburgh
A close call for a pair of bald eagles nesting in Hays, after a raccoon attacked their nest.
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For Already Vulnerable Penguins, Study Finds Climate Change Is Another Danger
Intense rainfall and extreme heat combined with predation and starvation make life difficult for penguins, a University of Washington scientist says.
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Endangered Philippine eagle killed by falling branch
A rare Philippine eagle, whose species is on the brink of extinction, was killed inside a conservation group's breeding centre when a branch fell on its cage, the centre said Saturday.
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Falconer helps keep pigeons out of town by taking his OWL for walks
Oswestry Town Council have been spending £75 a day letting bird enthusiast Harry Hamilton, 61, walk around the town with his owl Barney in tow, in a bid to scare away pigeons.
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Teen of a different feather looking for 460 birds in year
The San Francisco teen is already one of the top birders in the Bay Area based on his vast ornithologic knowledge and daily online posting of birds he sees. In the first week of 2014, Logan had checked off 165 species out of the 640 or so birds possible t
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Might more ravens -- aided by humans -- mean 'nevermore' for sage-grouse?
A new study suggests that habitat fragmentation and the addition of makeshift perches such as transmission polls in sagebrush ecosystems are creating preferred habitat for common ravens that threaten sensitive native bird species, including greater sage g
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Paul A. Smith - Snowy owl provides a bird's-eye view as part of project
“Buena Vista” is a male snowy owl caught and released Dec. 23 on the grasslands near Plover. The bird was fixed with a GPS-GSM transmitter to allow researchers — and the public — to follow its movements.
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Gender-Bending Bird Breaks Migration Record : DNews
A bird known for its gender-bending ways has yet again surprised researchers by breaking Europe's bird migration record. Continue reading →
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Malaria threat to Galapagos birds
The Galapagos Islands may have inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, but scientists fear some of the species he observed may not be capable of adapting to new environmental challenges.
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Sighting a 749th bird species, Neil Hayward turns in North America’s biggest ‘big year’ - The Boston Globe
As a year’s final hours slip away, many measure their months in paychecks, vacations, or the simple chores of everyday life, but for Neil Hayward, 2013 ticked down to a single bird. He was among the select birdwatchers who attempt a big year, traveling
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Shape-shifting flock of birds darkens sky
Check out this swarm of birds flying over Sacramento, California. The birds fly clustered together and change shapes as they move.
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Flamingo that escaped from Kansas zoo in 2005 is spotted gallivanting in Texas - KansasCity.com
In the wild, wild world of flamingos, one expatriate Kansan – a 2005 escapee from the Sedgwick County Zoo – has now become somewhat of a gadabout. Last week, Massachusetts birder Neal Hayward spotted the bird – known as No. 492, the number
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Another Utah bald eagle may have mysterious deadly malady
Mitch Lane was expecting a dead bald eagle when he responded to a report from a waterfowl hunter. His first glance at the raptor from across the river seemed to confirm the report. But once the conservation officer with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resou
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Britain's common birds are nearing extinction after 'plummeting population numbers' | Nature | News | Daily Express
SEVERAL species of once common birds are becoming extinct across large parts of Britain after suffering
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Botulism Killing Hundreds Of Great Lakes Birds
Scientists are still looking for the source of the deadly bacterium. The search has become
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Oh, Amazon? Birds Are Going to Attack Those Delivery Drones.
Konstantin Kakaes had a lot of good evidence to work with for his article debunking the promise of Amazon’s drone deliveries. The FAA doesn’t allow autonomous flight. Drones are too small and unreliable. They’ll cost Amazon a fortune to
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Unusual number of Arctic snowy owls seen in US
Snow-white owls with luminous yellow eyes are thrilling bird-watchers as the magnificent Arctic birds set up winter residence at airports, fields and beaches in the United States far south of their normal range.
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Chicks face their toughest season
THIS season is shaping up to be the worst breeding season on record for threatened beach nesting shorebirds in the local region.
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Bird Atlas reveals widespread sightings of East Devon’s rare Dartford Warbler
Sightings of the rare Dartford Warbler, previously confined to lowland heathlands such as the East Devon Pebblebed Heaths, have been recorded at higher altitudes and as far afield as the Midlands,...
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Duke Energy pleads guilty, will pay $1 million for killing birds
Duke Energy Corp., a major U.S. power company, has pleaded guilty to killing 14 eagles and 149 other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and agreed to pay $1 million.
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Bald Eagle Released In Grant County
As our national bird, the Bald Eagle is a beautiful, majestic symbol of our freedom. Now, there's one more flying free.
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Latest orange-bellied parrot release boosts numbers in the wild
The wild population of the orange-bellied parrot has been more than doubled with the release of 24 birds in the state's south-west.
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BOISE, Idaho: Boise State scientists show effect of traffic noise on birds | State | Idahostatesman.com
Nearly 6,000 feet up on an Idaho mountain, nature's soundtrack generally includes little more than the wind whistling through the pines and the warble of some 60 species of songbirds that use this high-altitude pit stop to fatten up on berries and bug
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Kea joins list of threatened birds - National - NZ Herald News
Several of New Zealand's most cherished birds - among them the kea and two types of albatross - have been shifted to a more serious conservation status following a national survey. - New Zealand Herald
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Hawks’ Mystical Marathon
About 14 species of hawks can be found with varying regularity in New York City and the vicinity during their annual fall migration.
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Rare birds blown off course in megastorm are a delight for watchers | Nature | News | Daily Express
THE powerful St Jude’s storm that caused so much disruption last week has been dedicated to the patron saint of lost causes.
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Wood stork survey finds nests down slightly in S.C.
The federally endangered wood stork (Mycteria americana) nested successfully in South Carolina during 2013.
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Message From a 50-Year-Old Flamingo
On Wednesday 13th February 2013, a British tourist, Nick Armour, recovered a dead flamingo bearing a metal ring near Lake Bogoria (Kenya). This lesser flamingo (Hoenicopterus minor) was described as looking very old and the ring number confirmed an age of
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Australia's Oldest Bird Footprints Discovered
Two thin-toed footprints pressed into a sandy riverbank more than 100 million years ago are Australia's oldest known bird tracks, researchers say. They were discovered near another print left by a theropod in the fossil-rich Dinosaur Cove.
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Feds: Falcons recovered; no more chick rescues
After decades of scrambling on the underside of California bridges to pluck endangered peregrine falcon chicks from ill-placed nests, inseminating female birds and releasing captive-raised fledglings, wildlife biologists have been so successful in bringin
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Fears tuna quota increase to further seabird deaths
Animal rights charity says tuna industry must accept responsibility for predicted rise in seabird deaths.
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‘Endangered’ Label Restricts Sales of Blue-throated Macaw
Selling blue-throated macaws across state lines will be outlawed as of Nov. 4, three weeks after the bird was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
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Cormorants to become fair game for hunters in S.C. | Untamed Lowcountry | The Island Packet
After years of complaining about the impact of the expanding population of fish-eating cormorants on the Santee-Cooper lakes, fishing advocates will have a chance to do something about it this winter.
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Invasive Mink Threatens South America's Largest Woodpecker
The Magellanic woodpecker has few if any known predators, but researchers now present evidence that an invasive mink species has now become a threat to the bird's population.
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Chickens roost in different homes during winter season
MINNEAPOLIS — With cold weather approaching, a lot of chicken owners in places including Minneapolis are seeking new homes for their birds.
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Hungry Owl Project: Pest control on the wing
While she may be joking, Godbe is serious about protecting owl habitats through renovation projects, new construction, vineyard management and any other manner through which humans and Tyto alba pratincola might come into contact. Established in 2001, the
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After the Government Shutdown, Bird Monitoring Resumes
After the government shutdown, researchers from Palomarin Field Station have resumed their bird monitoring programs. But the impact of the shutdown may still be felt, long after its end.
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Avian Artistry, With Smuggled Cigars
In “Trading With the Enemy,” part of an exhibition at Magnan Metz Gallery, Duke Riley’s pigeons tempt fate and legal barriers as they fly from Cuba bearing cigars and cameras.
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Daily Deal: Camarillo bird museum hosts free open house
The bird museum in Camarillo may be little known, but it houses a vast collection of all things avian, including 225,000 sets of bird eggs from about 4,000 bird species and 18,000 bird nests. The museum has invited the public to take a tour Saturday durin
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Those Hazardous Flying Birds
We’re killing birds to keep planes safe, but it’s not really working.
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Calif. city turns to birds of prey to solve problems
Avalon, an island harbor town, had polluted beaches and a waterfront with aggressive gulls that harassed visitors. All that has changed, thanks to a group of environmental enforcers.
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Can Long-Distance Migrating Shorebird Survive?
Rufa red knots are some of the longest-migrating birds in the world, but their population has plummeted, partly due to overharvesting of horseshoe crabs.
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Cattle egrets’ arrival in U.S. is amazing
Most of the animals that live in North America have been here for eons. They evolved to fit with the particular habitats, food sources, shelter and breeding environments they offered.
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Activists Sue To Protect Species At Risk - City Parrots -
Glossy black cockatoo. Image by Lock the Gate Alliance. The Victorian government won't keep to its...
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The sage grouse: a bird facing many problems in the wild
“Remember that the yield of a hard country is a love deeper than a fat and easy land inspires, that throughout the arid West the Americans have found a secret
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UK's wild bird population continues to decline
Conservationists urge government to use EU money to step up protection measures as numbers fall despite farming changes
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Israeli bird expert outraged after Hezbollah captures endangered eagle and claims espionage
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Reports of bullet-riddled raptors increase as bird season opens
One had bullet holes through its wing feathers, narrowly missing the humerus bone. Another had a body peppered with lead shot. They were the lucky ones.
