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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Realistic Robotic Bird Takes Flight
For centuries, people have crooned that they want to fly like a bird, from Steve Miller’s “Fly Like An Eagle” to Jenny’s famous wish to “fly far, far away.” Thanks to some clever robotics engineers at Festo, we are now one step closer to that dream. Scientists have created this astonishing robot that perfectly mimics [...]
Baby Bald Eagles to Hatch on Webcam
Live Streaming by Ustream.TV The Raptor Resource Project is bringing you the chance of a lifetime to get close and personal with baby bald eagles without ever leaving your home. The non-profit group is broadcasting live video of two bald eagles’ nest from Decorah, Iowa and are giving viewers the chance to witness the hatching [...]
The Enigma of the American Crow
If you live in North America, there’s little doubt that you’ve heard the caaw-caaw-caaw of an American Crow. These highly ubiquitous birds have a wide range throughout the continent and are very familiar to most people. However, there are many things about these social birds that most people don’t know. For example, even though the [...]
Help Stop Park Geese From Being Gassed
If you’ve never been to New York City’s Prospect Park, you’re missing out on an amazing experience. Prospect Park is a huge city park in Brooklyn that features a woodlands area, a children’s zoo, a fantastic meadow and a beautiful lake. I can honestly say it’s one of the best city parks I’ve ever been [...]
The Moral Plight of the Bird Conservationist
Despite weighing a mere 3 ounces, the Florida Scrub-Jay is causing a big controversy that’s infuriating residents of Cape Coral. A planned development called Festival Park is potentially being constructed in an area that’s home to three Florida Scrub-Jay families, which are considered endangered birds protected under federal laws. Home owners could be charged an [...]
Dual threat facing endangered penguins
Just weeks after tsunami waves decimated albatross populations and less than a year after the BP oil spill affected wildlife in the Gulf, yet another disaster is jeopardizing endangered penguin populations. The recent disaster, a little publicized crash deep in the South Atlantic area on March 16, is threatening half of the world’s population of [...]
Cats pose a huge risk to birds, study emphasizes
Any birder who’s been following the dangers of wind farms on birds might not be too familiar with the other major threat to birds: the house cat. Yes, a recent study conducted by The Journal of Ornithology found that cats are a tremendous risk to birds, especially baby birds. The study looked at baby Gray [...]
Wisdom survives tsunami waves, officials report
Yesterday, I posted about the tragic death of 110,000 birds on Midway Atoll as a result of the tsunami a few days ago. Among the many missing birds was Wisdom, which is widely considered America’s oldest free-flying bird. Fortunately, the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced last night that Wisdom has been spotted alive with [...]
110,000 seabirds devastated by tsunami waves
By now you’ve already heard about the sheer destruction in Japan after the massive earthquake and tsunami. While most people knew the devastation to animals, including dogs, would be enormous, no one fully anticipated the impact tsunami waves would have on seabird refuges northwest of Hawaii. The Midway Atoll is currently home to about 70 [...]
Some birds don’t look straight while flying
In an article published today in Ibis: The International Journal of Aviation Science, scientists say that birds don’t look where they’re going while flying. A few weeks ago I looked at the dangers wind farms pose to bird in flight, but this may have new implications on how to make turbines and other man-made objects [...]
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