[Editor’s note: We invited Katie Fallon, author of Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird, to share her thoughts on the negative attention vultures have received in the news lately. Here is the first of two posts she has graciously provided.] Vultures are not the enemy, despite being portrayed that way in poorly researched […]
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Heatwaves can have a negative impact on breeding birds, according researchers at Lund University in Sweden. Overheated birds have smaller offspring with lower chances of survival, their study showed. In spring 2018, Andreas Nord and Jan-Åke Nilsson, researchers in the Department of Biology at Lund University, presented results showing that small birds reach a body
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Why do we bird? Is it our hunting instinct sublimated? Could it be that our penchant for collecting is being positively perverted? Is listing actually about our ancient need to record history or is it because we want a bigger pile of blue things next to our bower to thoroughly hack off our poorer neighbors?
By the staff of Bird Watcher’s Digest April showers bring May flowers—and baby songbirds. Invariably, some will fall out of their nests and be noticed by caring human beings seeking to be helpful. If you find a fledgling hopping around on the ground in a safe area, leave it alone. Do what you can to
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