Ten amazing facts about the springtime migration of birds
On March 20, 2023, Ducks Unlimited Canada hosted a panel of wildlife and ecosystem experts in a one-hour webinar to celebrate bird migration, conservation and the official start of spring. The recording can be viewed online , and the following are 10 …
Unexpected details on the birds outside your window
How our work impacts conservation across Canada. Impact Areas Approaches Programs & Services Where we’re working on the ground from coast to coast. Regions Provinces story / Wildlife April 17, 2020 Download, print and share DUC’s two Surprising Facts …
Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild
Tā Tipene O’Regan, 87 years old, leaned into his carved walking stick and reached down to a large wooden box. He paused a second, then slowly lifted the lid. Out shot the hefty body of a bright turquoise bird, legs windmilling, launching from its cage …
This bird’s protectors are its former hunters: ‘It was my turn to help them’
La Mosquitia, HondurasIt’s 4:30 in the morning. Behind a pine forest, the sun begins to lighten the sky with bright and warm tones, accompanied by the squawks of a small group of apu pauni , as the Indigenous Miskito people call the scarlet macaw. The …
Bird Flu Hits Antarctic Region For First Time Ever
The virus, which recently reached the Antarctic region for the first time, is surging again in North America. Over the last three years, a highly contagious, often deadly form of bird flu has taken a staggering toll on animals around the globe. The virus, …
Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds perish after crashing into windows at Chicago exhibition hall
Most birds migrate at night, but the increasing in artificial lighting is making things difficult. Image credit: Stone36/Shutterstock.com Glaring artificial lights caused the death of nearly 1,000…
World’s Oldest Wild Bird, Wisdom The Albatross, Returns To Island Home
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Lesser Coucal – A bird that can guard the house instead of a dog
Do you remember the Southern folk song “Bac Kim Thang”? In the song there is a line: “the bluff blows to ti te to te”? And I would like to respectfully introduce myself, I am the cheater. You probably have heard the name, but I think not many people know…
Birds can see magnetic fields, but only now do humans understand why
There are phenomena that people have known about for a long time, but it is impossible to know the reason or mechanism behind them. One of them is the way migratory birds remember their routes each year. You know, those birds can navigate…
The Mystery of the Bird That Signals Death
Pigeons or barn owls are very intelligent and lovely birds. However, since ancient times in Vietnam, they have been considered evil because if a pig calls at the gable of a house, someone in that house is about to die. When a barn owl screams for 7 hours, death applies to men, and for 9 hours,…