Category Archives: Birds
Introducing American Birds: Your Citizen Science Newsletter
Welcome to the Apex of Bird Diversity The Andean Cock-of-the-rock. (Photo by bfick/Flickr Creative Commons) The Eastern slope of the Andes just south of the Equator may be the most species-rich bird habitat on the planet. Last year, participants in … Continue reading
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Bird Cams eNews: Heron Highlights Slideshow, Ospreys Fledging
Bird Cams eNews Heron Highlights Amid crashing thunderstorms, sweltering heat, and cool foggy mornings, the Great Blue Herons of Sapsucker Woods raised a boisterous trio of young herons this season. Whether you’ve watched from the very beginning or only discovered … Continue reading
Supersized study: citizen science finds grebe that some feared losing
Aug 6th, 2013 @ 02:17 pm › Caren Cooper There are many ways to be uppity in today’s world: stand up, step up, cowboy up, get fired up, stirred up, or simply wake up. Now consider a new one: scaling … Continue reading
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If teenage birds can’t make friends, their love life is screwed
Alasdair Wilkins Yesterday 3:00pm Before they start mating as adults, birds like the zebra finch spend their adolescence socializing with members of the opposite sex. And it turns out that their childhood friendships end up predicting how well they will … Continue reading
How Many Species Of Birds Have Been Seen on PAS Bird Walks?
At a recent bird walk Dave Matthis wondered this question out loud as he was counting birds seen on the walk. Well for the past seven or so years I have been keeping track of birds seen on bird walks … Continue reading
Gull population explosion puts endangered species at greater risk
Published: July 21, 2013 at 10:14 PM HAYWARD, Calif., July 21 (UPI) — An exploding population of sea gulls is putting more pressure on endangered bird species in the San Francisco Bay area, experts say. Tens of thousands of … Continue reading
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #46
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on July 27, 2013 Red-and-yellow barbets are found in eastern Africa, preferring broken terrain due to nesting and roosting in burrows. (Markus Lilje / www.rockjumperbirding.com) Semiplumbeous hawks are found … Continue reading
Animal Sex: How Birds Do It
By Elizabeth Palermo, Life’s Little Mysteries Contributor | July 25, 2013 09:27pm ET Sure, birds can fly, but how do they have sex? Can they do it in the air? And where do they keep their reproductive organs? For humans … Continue reading
Rare Siberian Birds Draw Crowds to IB
Lesser Sand Plover. Photo credit: Gary Nunn Three species of birds typically found in other parts of the world were spotted near Imperial beach last week, and bird enthusiasts flocked from across the region and western United States to see the … Continue reading
Tropic bird goes astray, sparks NM birding frenzy
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Associated Press – Tue, Jul 23, 2013 View PhotoAssociated Press/American Birding Association, Jeffrey Gordon – In this undated image provided by the American Birding Association, a Rufous-necked wood-rail walks along the edge of a marsh at … Continue reading
Audubon members help Boy Scouts earn badges
From left, Tristan Meriweather and Will Liebe display the bluebird houses they made with the help of Rich Clark, Northern Arizona Audubon Society member, as part of earning their Boy Scout Bird Study Merit Badges. (Courtesy photo.) July 21, 2013 … Continue reading
Rare Bluebird Twins Spark Interest
Eastern Bluebird nest with three normal eggs and one large egg (bottom right) containing twins. Photo by Gerald Clark. Earlier this month, we received a report of an anomaly in an Eastern Bluebird nest in State College, Pennsylvania. The nest … Continue reading
Bird watching becoming more popular with 20- and 30-somethings
By Kim Hone-McMahan Beacon Journal staff writer Published: June 28, 2013 – 04:56 PM | Updated: July 1, 2013 – 12:35 PM Participants in the Beginning Birders: Red-Headed Woodpeckers program put on by the MetroParks Serving Summit County look … Continue reading
Farmers and Wildlife Service Fight to Save California’s Blackbirds
Audubon California Tricolored blackbirds are under siege in northern California from a loss of habitat. Lynn Armitage July 07, 2013 Concern is growing among wildlife officials over the rapidly diminishing population of tricolored blackbirds, specifically in California, which has … Continue reading
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Arizona Hummingbird Challenge
How do birds navigate?
Jul 17th 2013, 23:50 by T.S. FOR decades scientists have known that birds’ ability to navigate with great accuracy over long distances, in some cases migrating from one side of the world to the other, relies on a magnetic sense … Continue reading
Audubon California News — July 2013
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS July 2013 GHO and Pygmy Owl, David Hunter. Great Horned Owls are the largest owl in North America, the Pygmy Owl is the second smallest owl in North America. Both of these owls are full grown and are … Continue reading
Audubon July Advisory
July 2013 Saltmarsh Sparrows are extremely vulnerable to even a slight rise in sea level, since they nest exclusively in marsh habitat along the Northeast coast. (Photo by nebirdsplus / Flickr Creative Commons) President Obama Announces Plan to Combat Climate … Continue reading