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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Real Birds Use Suet Keyboard to Tweet (Video)
Just five years ago, the words “twitter” and “tweet” were only associated with sounds of birds, but the creation of a very popular website had seemingly purloined the words forever. But now, birds are looking to reclaim the words by doing some online tweeting of their own. In truly bizarre news, Voldemars Dudum, a writer [...]
The Decline and Comeback of the Red Kite
It’s another amazing example of what a little thought and effort can do in the world of conservationism. The story arc for the Red Kite was all too familiar for many birds. Before the explosion of industrialism, the birds of prey were populous and free with habitats intact and unthreatened. Then, man began to develop [...]
New Bird Cams Offer Behind-The-Scenes Look
Unless you’ve been avoiding any news about birds, you’ve probably seen or at least heard about the gripping webcam that’s capturing the life of three beautiful baby Bald Eagles. Right now, a live look-in on the webcam will show you three adorable eaglets huddled together in their nest 80 feet above the ground in Decorah, [...]
John James Audubon’s 226th Birthday
If you’ve visited Google today, you might have noticed the interesting redesigned logo that features portraits of birds on its homepage. This temporary logo is in honor of John James Audubon’s 226th birthday. Audubon, whose name is forever synonymous with efforts to save and study birds, was known for his quest to carefully draw accurate [...]
It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s a Crash!
Over the past few days, there’s been a lot of news coverage about aviation bird strikes that have forced several planes to make emergency landings and stranded hundreds of passengers. While bird strikes are nothing new, they are important to explore from both the standpoint of the plane and passengers and the birds. In one [...]
The Grim Reality of the Wild
Everyone knows that the wild can be brutal and unforgiving. We sometimes get too attached to the idea that everything will turn out fine, but out in the wild the reality is usually much more grim. In one of the stories the Backyard Chirper has been following about an Osprey nest that was moved from [...]
Ticklish Little Penguin is Huge Hit (Video)
Like anyone with access to a computer, I sometimes get distracted by those videos of cute animals doing hilarious things. Although I am usually pretty strong when it comes to not clicking on those videos, I was no match against the clip of an absolutely adorable penguin named Cookie. This cute little guy is a [...]
The Story of Louisiana’s Oiled Brown Pelican
I live very close to Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans and often take walks by the shore where I can watch the sunset. One of my favorite sights while I’m out there are these two majestic brown pelicans that soar up and down the shore in search for food. Brown pelicans, the state bird of [...]
Hitchcock’s Bird Nightmare Coming True
So you’re walking down the street on your way to work enjoying the scenery and all of a sudden, a bird loudly swoops out of the sky and barely misses the top of your head. While this may sound like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie The Birds, it’s actually that time of year when [...]
Oil in Gulf Remains a Threat to Millions of Birds
With the arrival of spring comes the return of millions of birds that are flying back north so they can begin breeding and raising their young. But, nearly a year after the BP oil spill spewed millions of barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, experts are saying the threat to birds is [...]