Showing posts with label #Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Birds. Show all posts
Monday, October 11, 2021

Consternation in New Zealand as native bat included in bird of the year poll

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Winged mammal is the first non-bird to be included in the beloved annual poll, which has been running for 16 years New Zealand’s bird of ...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Giant eagle Kodiak is on the loose in Pittsburgh after aviary escape

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A giant eagle measuring around four feet tall is on the loose in Pittsburgh after managing to escape from a local aviary. The eagle has been...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Female hummingbirds mimic males to avoid attacks, study suggests

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Some females found to have evolved to have bright plumage, which seems to protect against male aggression They may zip around looking cut...
Monday, July 12, 2021

No One Knows What’s Killing These Wild Songbirds

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Something is sickening and killing wild birds in multiple states, and no one knows why yet. Since May, wildlife experts and officials have ...
Friday, April 2, 2021

Salmonella infections in eight states linked to wild songbirds, CDC says

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The outbreak has sickened 19 people, including a 2-month-old. So far, eight people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Ravens stealing food from Anchorage Costco shoppers

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The “ravens of Anchorage” sounds like a viking jazz trio and, as it turns out, are as equally smooth as the musical ensemble name intimates...
Friday, March 5, 2021

World’s oldest known wild bird has another chick at age of 70

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Wisdom is believed to have had more than 30 chicks in her life so far, and several partners. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Rare bird: ‘Half-male, half-female’ cardinal snapped in Pennsylvania

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Jamie Hill said taking the stunning photos of the northern cardinal was “once in a lifetime”. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
Friday, January 29, 2021

Central Park’s Rare Snowy Owl Visitor Shows Why We Must Conserve Land Everywhere

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Central Park is prime bird real estate, and on Wednesday, a prime bird showed up. Birders flocked to the park to check out a snowy owl , th...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Owl is in raven’s spot

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In this footage, a raven expresses its displeasure at an owl’s presence. The owl is happy where it is. Snowy Owl and Common Raven intera...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Bird flu: All captive birds in Britain to be kept indoors amid outbreak

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The virus – said to be “low risk” to humans – has been identified at sites across Great Britain. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5...
Friday, November 27, 2020

Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections

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The Trump administration is moving forward on gutting a longstanding federal protection for roughly 1,000 species of birds in the United Sta...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Tiny owl discovered in Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree

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Plans to release owl this weekend Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tiny-owl-rockefeller-christmas-tree-new-york-...
Tuesday, November 10, 2020

New Zealand animal with ‘unusually large testicles’ could win bird of the year competition

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Sex toy shop endorsement says hihi ‘lead the sex positivity movement among songbirds’ Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/au...
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

‘Anton!’: Pet parrot saves man’s life in house fire by calling out his name

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‘I heard a bang and my parrot started to yell, so I woke up and I smelled a bit of smoke,’ owner says Source: https://www.independent.co....
Friday, October 23, 2020

Rare half-male and half-female songbird discovered

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<p>Unusual bird identified as gynandromorph, with male characteristics on its right side and female characteristics on its left</p...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Squee alert: A hummingbird feeds its teeny-tiny chicks

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Oh my goodness, baby hummingbirds are so incredibly small and darling. I had no idea. EverythingBirds.com : How small is a baby humming...
Thursday, October 1, 2020

Melting Antarctic Ice Exposes 800-Year-Old Penguins That Still Look Fresh

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A biologist working off the Ross Sea in Antarctica has stumbled upon an assortment of Adélie penguin remains, some of which appeared to hav...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Parrots removed from wildlife park after swearing at visitors

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<p>‘One swears, one laughs and before you know it, it’s like an old working men’s club scenario where they are all just swearing and l...
Friday, September 25, 2020

Apocalyptic scene in nuclear Russian city as birds fall from sky & lie scattered around streets (VIDEO)

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Social media is awash with conspiracy theories after photos and videos posted online showed a Russian street littered with birds’ corpses. ...