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Researchers in France have identified a creature they say is benefiting from the effects of climate change: the wandering albatross of the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Wind speeds over the Southern Ocean have been increasing over the past three decades and those stronger winds are boosting birds in the area to faster flying speeds,...
Got this snapshot of a juvenile striated babbler in the reed-beds of Okhla Sanctuary. The bird was quite confiding and did not fly away despite approaching quite close.
When faced with environmental threats like bad weather, predators or oil spills, wild birds secrete a hormone called corticosterone. Traditionally, researchers have analyzed blood samples to detect corticosterone levels in wild birds. But recently, scientists have shown that corticosterone spikes can also be detected by analyzing bird feathers. A Tufts University study published in the...
Recent research that some birds can recognise individual humans has been further confirmed by simple experiments on Magpies in South Korea. Scientists from Seoul National University were performing an annual breeding survey of Magpies around the college campus, when they noticed that the birds seemed to mob and scold only the two members of the ...
Despite its relatively recent rediscovery in Thailand, Gurney’s Pitta is drawing ever closer to real extinction. The refinding of Gurney’s Pitta 25 years ago yesterday (June 14) brought hope for a beautiful bird feared extinct for over three decades. But the bird’s future still hangs in the balance, as destruction of lowland forest has reduced...
Londoners are being asked to help support a unique new partnership project to track Tree Sparrows, launched in the capital this week. Distinctive red plastic rings have been fitted to the legs of nearly 400 Tree Sparrow chicks hatched so far this year, by the 80 pairs on a single site in south London. Beddington...
As a result of nomination by the Kenyan Government, the Kenya lake system in the Great Rift Valley has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The BirdLife International Africa Secretariat, and other stakeholders including Nature Kenya (BirdLife in Kenya), the National Museums of Kenya and the Kenya Wildlife Service worked on a report of...
Initial findings of a ground-breaking project that tracks Scotland’s seabirds using technology akin to car ‘sat-navs’, has revealed that seabirds are foraging much further afield than scientists had thought. The Future of the Atlantic Marine Environment (FAME) project tracks Common Guillemot, Kittiwake and other seabird species in an attempt to identify crucial marine feeding locations....
A new stamp issue from the Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau focuses on the endemic birds of Henderson Island and will raise money for an RSPB project to protect the Endangered Henderson Petrel. Henderson, which is part of the Pitcairn group of islands, is a UK Overseas Territory. It is home to some 55 endemic animal...
Plants with seeds, fruit and/or nectar ramp up your garden’s attractiveness to birds. Get started with 10 easy-to-grow annuals and perennials: ANNUALS Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta and hybrids) Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) Flowering tobacco (Nicotiana) Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) Zinnia (Zinnia) PERENNIALS Beard tongue (Penstemon) Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea and hybrids) Foxglove (Digitalis) Milkweed (Asclepias) Salvia (Salvia) WHAT...
A new Baylor University study has found that some bird species in the desert southwest are less affected, and in some cases positively influenced, by widespread fire through their habitat. In fact, the Baylor researchers say that fire actually helps some bird species because of the habitat that is formed after a fire is positive...
Good conditions in key breeding areas pushed duck populations up an estimated 11 percent from last year and well above the long-term average. The preliminary estimate of the total duck population from the traditional survey area – north-central United States, south-central and northern Canada, and Alaska – was 45.6 million birds, said the U.S. Fish...
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