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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Squirrel vs. Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder (Video)
Anyone with a bird feeder knows how cunning and clever squirrels are when it comes to scoring a free meal. Just as the hilarious video I posted a few months ago points out, squirrels will literally jump through hoops and venture passed an obstacle course for food. That’s why I researched some inexpensive ways to [...]
Migration of Great Snipes for the record books
Imagine running as fast as you can without stopping to eat or rest. Now imagine doing that for three continuous days and traveling 4,000 miles while averaging a speed of 50 mph. While we know this is physically impossible for humans to do, researchers have found that three birds made several trips of that distance [...]
Tornado in Minneapolis destroys heron rookery
Just like humans, birds and wildlife are not immune to the catastrophe of disasters. We saw it when 110,000 seabirds were killed in the recent tsunami. We’re still seeing it with the BP oil spill. We also saw it when a freighter crash in the South Atlantic threatened penguins. Once again, as deadly tornadoes raged [...]
Tips For Building a Nesting Box
With breeding season currently in full swing, birds are flocking to ideal nesting sites to raise their young. Birds are very careful about where they set up their nest because they want a spot that will be most likely to yield a healthy brood with little interference from predators and humans. Getting birds to nest [...]
Tragedy at a Sparrowhawk’s Nest
With webcams squarely focused on the nests of birds around the world, I predicted that eventually we’d be forced to see the grim reality of nature where things don’t always work out as well as the Decorah eagles, which has just become the most watched live stream ever with more than 100 million views. Well, [...]
Stranger than fiction: Fossilized bird named in honor of punk rocker Greg Graffin
Greg Graffin, a man known best as the singer for punk band Bad Religion, will have an ancient fossilized bird named after him. The bird was discovered and named by Dr. Jingmai O’Connor, according to this month’s Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society in London. The discovery, made in the Gansu Province of northwestern China, [...]
Another Flight Disrupted By Bird Strike
Yet again, a plane leaving New York City’s JFK airport was forced to make an emergency landing after striking what the pilot said to be a “big bird,” according to the Herald Sun. Passengers were caught off guard after the cabin filled with a smell they could only describe as burned turkey or cooked chicken. [...]
Is Ohio Bird Feeder Ordinance For the Birds?
A city councilman in Ohio is looking to pass an ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to have excessively messy bird feeders that cause odors and unsanitary conditions, according to Dave Wilson of Patch.com. The ordinance, which is confined to the city of Cuyahoga Falls, makes it illegal to “feed, keep or harbor pigeons [...]
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‘Hawk Cam’ Gives Look Into World of Man and Bird
In what initially set out to be a way for people to marvel at the impossibility, a pair of hawks raising babies in the shadow of skyscrapers, has turned into the microcosm of man’s clumsy interaction with nature. Today, The New York Times featured a great piece documenting the strange relationship between people and the [...]
Protecting Your Bird Feeder From Black Bears
As the weather outside becomes warmer and more pleasant, bears around the nation are waking from their long winter slumber hungry and grumpy. And, where can a bear get easy access to delicious nectar and nutritious food? Your unprotected bird feeder, of course. News outlets in the northern states are reporting the first signs of [...]