Archive for the 'Birds in the News' Category

The latest edition of Birds in the News # 80 has been posted here.

Articles in this issue include:

• A stunning photograph of a displaying Greater Prairie-Chicken with a link to many more photos of this species.
• News of a new species of Frogmouth from the Solomon Islands.
• Birds hurting people – details of an aggressive Red-Shouldered Hawk that has caused lacerations on a number of people it attacked in Miami.
• People hurting birds – road deaths in Florida.
• Birds helping people – a story about a parrot that helped an autistic child to talk.
• And many more articles and links.

Link:

• Birds in the News # 80

Rainbow Lorikeet

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View more bird photos – and photos on many more subjects – on my photo gallery here.

This post is a little late – I’ve been busy on other matters.

The 79th edition of Birds in the News can be found here.

This edition features many interesting articles and links, including:

• A wonderful photo of an egret in an unusual pose.
• An article about the mating of Prairie Chickens.
• Gentoo and Rockhopper Penguins.
• A link to a video showing an amazing parrot that is able to do all kinds of tricks, including play golf and basketball.
• And much more.

Link:

• Birds in the News # 79

I am a little late in posting this.

Issue #78 of Birds in the News can be found here.

It features:

• A wonderful photo of three Rhinoceros Hornbills
• News of many Common Murres and other birds washed ashore on the beaches of California, Oregon and Washington.
• A campaign to conserve Columbia’s wax palms and the Yellow-Eared Parrots.
• The success of the captive Kiwi breeding programme at Auckland Zoo.
• Australian twitchers descending upon Darwin to tick a rare occurance of a Javan Pond Heron.
• A Bar-Tailed Godwit has been tracked by satellite – and set a new long-distance non-stop flight record of 10,200 km.
• And much more.

Link:

• Birds in the News #78