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2 months ago
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Backyard birders invited to help with FeederWatch event
Payson Roundup
By sharing information about which birds visit feeders between November and April, backyard bird watchers can help scientists track changes in bird numbers ...
2 months ago
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Thousands Say Goodbye to Migratory Birds
Despite stormy weather across Europe over the past weekend, more than 63,000 adults and children from 35 countries set out to bid farewell to migratory birds, as many flew south for the non-breeding season. It was all part of EuroBirdwatch ...
Maria
One obvious change in Finland's coastal scene has been the sudden reappearance of cormorants, hundreds of years after they were hunted into local extinction. Since the first birds bred in Finland again in 1996, their numbers have shot up to 16,000 pairs.
3 months ago
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Landowners Enlist in Saving Declining Bird Species
Private landowners are stepping up to help a number of cavity-nesting bird species of conservation concern
3 months ago
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On 15 September BirdLife International will be urging Mr. Joe Borg, the European Commissioner for Maritime affairs and Fisheries, to take action to prevent the deaths of an estimated 200,000 seabirds which are killed in fisheries in European waters every
3 months ago
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BirdLife Welcomes ECJ Decision on Spring Hunting in Malta
"Once again we have an example how the EU Birds Directive can help our common natural heritage"
3 months ago
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An expedition to find the Critically Endangered Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi at sea has been successful, returning with stunning images and new information on one of the world's least-known seabirds
4 months ago
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American Bird Conservancy has petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban the import of crops containing any residues of 13 pesticides that are banned or restricted for use in the United States.
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4 months ago
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BirdLife International is launching a global bid to try to confirm the continued existence of 47 species of bird that have not been seen for up to 184 years
4 months ago
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A tiny owl gets a new lease on life, thanks to Dan Frankian
5 months ago
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Environmentalists have won a legal battle lead by Ecojustice in asking the courts to reject Environment Canada's recovery strategy for the endangered greater sage grouse
5 months ago
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Golden Eagle Tagged in Conservation Plan Found Poisoned to Death
Police raided a Highland grouse moor today after a golden eagle that had been satellite-tagged as part of a government-funded project was found poisoned with illegal pesticides. The grouse moor, keepers' cottages and vehicles on the Millden estate
5 months ago
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'Bald' Bird a First for Asia in 100 Years
HANOI (AFP) - A "bald" bird discovered in Laos is Asia's first new species of bulbul -- a type of songbird -- in more than 100 years, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WC
said Thursday.
said Thursday.
5 months ago
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Group builds osprey nesting platform
5 months ago
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Britain's Smallest Bird, the Goldcrest, Is Booming
The Goldcrest is the smallest bird in the UK, just eight and a half centimetres from the tip of its beak to the end of its tail, and only half the weight of a Wren. The latest results from the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey (BB, published annually,
, published annually,
6 months ago
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Jerdon's Courser Seeks Champion, as Survey Work Resumes
Studies of the population and conservation requirements of the Critically Endangered Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus have been stepped up again, after three years in which resources had to be diverted to a successful campaign against the ...
6 months ago
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Setting the Mood ... for the Birds
MATSU, Taiwan - Here on the front lines of the standoff between China and Taiwan, Cold War tensions have been trumped by the delicate breeding habits of the Chinese crested tern
6 months ago
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Backyard Birds Caught in Dramatic Act
One would think that after more than 40 years of watching birds that I would have seen it all. Nope. I am regularly surprised. Saturday was one of those days.
6 months ago
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2,500-Year-Old Bird's Nest Found
The nesting site is still continually used by gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, and is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded.
6 months ago
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Coffee Contributes to Reserve Sustainability in Colombia
A program is now underway at the Cerulean Warbler Bird Reserve in Colombia to generate income and provide habitat for threatened and declining birds. The 518-acre reserve in the Andes was purchased with support from ABC and is run by Colombian partner
Future Looks Brighter for One of World's Most Threatened Birds 
6 months ago
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The first Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina chicks to fledge successfully outside La Digue Island, Seychelles for over 60 years is flying on Denis Island, a coral island in the inner Seychelles group
7 months ago
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Climate Change to Blame as Seabird Numbers Fall 19%
Scotland's seabird population has fallen by almost a fifth in the past eight years after climate change affected the birds' food source, according to a new report
7 months ago
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As millions of migratory birds return northwards from their non-breeding grounds, Nature Canada (BirdLife Partner) has announced that TransCanada Corporation will support an initiative to protect important bird habitat across the country
7 months ago
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Einstein the Parrot´s Website
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Teresa
- 5 hours ago - einsteinparrot.com
Hi! I'm Einstein. I am an 11 year old Congo African Grey Parrot. I live with Marcia and Jeff in a place called Texas! They are really nice people and take really good care of me. They think I am a girl parrot.
7 months ago
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For the first time since 1832, the Great Bustard - one of Europe's most threatened birds - has this week, nested in the UK with two females successfully hatching chicks. This milestone has been greeted with euphoria by the team striving for several years
7 months ago
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The Songs of Birds--80 Years Ago Today
On May 18, 1929, a Song Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and House Wren made history as they sang. Their songs were captured in the first-ever audio recordings of North American birds. The Fox-Case Movietone Corporation preserved the songs on film using an optical technique to record sound waves, with help from Cornell Lab of Ornithology founder Arthur Allen and colleague Peter Paul Kellogg in Ithaca, New York's Stewart Park. Listen to the recordings.
''Bizarre Beasts'' Were Real (Believe It or Not)
8 months ago
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''Bizarre Beasts'' Were Real (Believe It or Not)
Offbeat
Teresa
- 10 hours ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
A coil of teeth caps the lower jaw of a sculpture of a 13-foot (4-meter) whorl-tooth shark, or Helicoprion, a fish genus that lived about 250 million years ago.
8 months ago
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Successful Translocation Sees First Petrel Chick
The first Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow chick to be born on Nonsuch Island, Bermuda, for almost 400 years, has recently hatched, the result of a successful translocation programme
8 months ago
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Whether you're new to birding or a seasoned expert, interested in sharpening your identification skills or wondering how to clean your binoculars, you've come to the right place
8 months ago
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Conservation Boost for Tahiti Monarch
A conservation programme for one of world's most threatened birds, Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra, has received a welcome double boost by the appointment of La Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie "MANU"
9 months ago
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The latest comprehensive survey of Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor has revealed a decrease in the number of wintering birds, with 2,041 individuals counted compared to 2,065 in 2008
Around the globe billions of birds shuttle annually north and south. Familiar birds to many - like Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus, Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica, Wilson's Phalarope Steganopus tricolor and Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica - undertake
9 months ago
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Cuck-Who? Amazing New Call Caught on Video
Scientists have reported a strange twist in the tale of Europe's harbinger of spring the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus. In a dramatic discovery, returning cuckoos have been heard and filmed calling with a highly distinctive variation of the normal call.
Bird Stories in the News III
9 months ago
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On 18 March 2009 BirdLife International and BirdLife Malta welcomed the Maltese Prime Minister's announcement that there will be no spring hunting in 2009
