Although an official study has not been done, bird watchers are noticing an upswing in the number of Formosan blue magpie sightings read more at Tapei Times
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Key To Avian Flu In Humans Discovered
MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines against a deadly flu pandemic. read more at sciencedaily
2007 Worst Year for Red Kite Poisoning Since 2001
Although most land managers welcome red kites and have played a key role in the reintroduction programme, A few that are involved with game management continue with indiscriminate and illegal abuse of banned agricultural pesticides by laying poison baits. read more at wildlifextra
Uganda: Museveni Orders Kaloli Birds Relocated
The days of scavenger birds at State House Nakasero are numbered following an order by President Yoweri Museveni to relocate them. The Marabou Storks, which are commonly known as Kaloli, feed on wastes. Prior to their movement to Kampala in the 1970s, they used to occupy swampy parts of Lake Kyoga and southern Sudan. read […]
Migratory birds in Kashmir hit by freezing conditions
Srinagar, Jan.4 : The cold wave in Kashmir has made life difficult for the migratory birds that frequent Hokersar wetland here every year. At the Hokersar wetland, located 16 kilometres north of Srinagar, the wildlife officials are striving to ensure a suitable environment for migrant birds read more at Indian gazette
Coastal Wind Turbines Could Be Catastrophic to Birds
Wind turbines on the southern Texas Gulf Coast, and in Kenedy County in particular, could have a “catastrophic” impact on migrating and local birds, according to a new environmental review commissioned by the Coastal Habitat Alliance. Wind farm developers, however, maintain that the proposed wind projects on Kenedy Ranch will have minimal effects on birds. […]
One of Britains most notorious illegal bird egg collectors is jailed
Notorious British “egger” – compulsive collectors who trawl the countryside hunting for wild bird eggs – has been sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to violating wildlife regulations. read more at yahoo
Rainforest destruction leaves species seeing red
Rainforest is being logged on one of the world’s wildlife hotspots more quickly than almost anywhere else in South-East Asia, satellite images have shown. Before and after pictures of New Britain, which is part of Papua New Guinea, show that 12 per cent of forest including 20 per cent of lowland forest was cleared between […]
Some Birds Can Communicate About Behavior Of Predators
With the aid of various alarm calls the Siberian jay bird species tells other members of its group what their main predators-hawks-are doing. The alarm calls are sufficient for Siberian jays to evince situation-specific fleeing behaviors, which enhances their chances of survival. This discovery, being published by Uppsala University researcher Michael Griesser in the journal […]
Surveys reveal riches of San Rafael
Ten years of survey work in the San Rafael National Park in Paraguay have established that it is “as important for both avian diversity and threatened species as any other location in South America”. read more at birdlife