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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →