Half a dozen Dalmatian pelicans fly off as we approach the Narta lagoon, a marshland near Vlora in south-west Albania. It is a majestic sight – six elegantly soaring birds, with necks tilted back and wingspans almost matching that of an albatross. “They’re juveniles,” says Taulant Bino, head of the Albanian Ornithological Society (AOS). “They […]
Tag: migratory birds
Bird City not so bird friendly- the assault on birds in San Antonio
The resolution to recognize Migratory Bird Day based on local efforts to achieve “Bird City Texas” designation was approved by San Antonio City Council and passed in December 2020. The resolution states that “Migratory birds face great perils in their annual hemispheric journeys, and the chiming in of local communities to promote awareness can go […]
First-of-Its-Kind Digital Platform Reveals Migration Data for Birds Across the Americas Just In Time for Fall Migration
NEW YORK – Today, as millions of birds are flocking to their wintering grounds, the National Audubon Society and nine partner organizations announced the Bird Migration Explorer (www.birdmigrationexplorer.org), a state-of-the-art digital platform that reveals migration data consolidated for 458 bird species that breed in the United States and Canada. The free, interactive platform, available in […]
Birds Migrate Along Ancient Routes – See the Latest High-Tech Tools Scientists Use to Study Their Amazing Journeys
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds have started taking wing for one of nature’s great spectacles: fall migration. Birds fly south from the northern U.S. and Canada to wintering grounds in the southern U.S., Caribbean and Latin America, sometimes covering thousands of miles. Other birds leave […]
Shade-grown coffee won’t support all birds, but adding a forest helps: Study
Organic, shade-grown, bird-friendly: coffee comes with a lot of labels these days, certifications that tell the consumer their beans were farmed in a way that supports the people who grow them and the ecosystems that sustain them. And with coffee now growing on more than 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of agricultural land […]
Poisonous Dust Clouds Threaten Salt Lake City as the Great Salt Lake Continues to Lose Water
Climate change is causing lakes to dry up, leading to a number of unfortunate circumstances. The latest? As the Great Salt Lake’s water levels continue to decline, it could cause a toxic dust cloud to form around Salt Lake City. The Great Salt Lake has decreased by two-thirds of its size since the 1980s, and […]
Tracy Parsons, the ‘bird lady’, has rehabilitated hundreds of injured birds and animals since she was seven
Tracey Parsons is a big-hearted animal lover who rescued her first animal when she was seven years old. She has lost track of how many animals she has rehabilitated since then. Parsons is 35 years old and runs the Blackbird Boutique in Blackheath, London, which sells animal-themed goods such as greeting cards, necklaces, earrings, bags, […]
Why did a murmuration of yellow-headed blackbirds crash from the sky?
A flock of hundreds of yellow-headed blackbirds crashed on a Chihuahua neighborhood on February 7th. Hundreds of bird carcasses littered the streets, and security camera footage of the collision quickly went viral. The world, on the other hand, now has more questions than answers. The internet has been inundated with hypotheses about what caused the […]