Tag: bird
Join the Great Backyard Bird Count
Bird and nature lovers will unite this month for the 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count. The event is an effort to tally as many of the world’s bird species…
Bird flu took a step towards human-to-human transmission at a Spanish mink farm, research confirms
Last October, workers at a mink farm in Carrala, near the Galician city of A Coruña, noticed that some of the mink’s muzzles were covered in blood. The minks had…
Ten thousand participants in the province of Utrecht for National Garden Bird Count: ‘Doesn’t seem like a corona hype’
Once again, many people have been monitoring their gardens to count birds for the 20th edition of the National Garden Bird Count. In the province of Utrecht about ten thousand…
Will the house sparrow become the Bohemian Rhapsody of the garden bird count? ‘Birds are hot, we expect 150 to 200 thousand counters’
Will it be the house sparrow again? Or will this Bohemian Rhapsody of the garden birds be rejected by the blue tit this year? Or the blackbird? It remains exciting…
Bird species in villages and towns are declining: ‘Their habitat is getting smaller due to tiled gardens’
Hanne Tersmette, spokesperson for Bird Protection: “Species such as the blackbird and song thrush are really declining in numbers. Some to more than 5 percent per year. These are birds…
The stray bird continues to attract visitors to Förslöv
It has attracted a lot of attention, the orange-eyed visitor. The bird, which normally belongs to North America on the border between the USA and Canada, has probably ended up…
Bird flu alert in Denmark: Tens of thousands of chickens to be culled
Bird flu panic in Denmark. It has been announced that 50,000 chickens on the farm will be culled after bird flu was detected in several dead chickens on 31 December…
Kids’ Christmas Bird Count exceeds expectations
Young birdwatchers, listening and looking through the boughs in Canatara Park on a rainy morning Saturday, found more than organizers had hoped. Nearly 6,000 birds and 24 species were spied…
Christmas Bird Count for kids set for Dec. 31 in Sarnia
News Local News Mike Kent leads the Lambton Wildlife 2018 Christmas Bird Count for Kids at Canatara Park in Sarnia. Photo by File photo /The Observer A children’s Christmas Bird…
Live extinct bird and malaria vaccine – here are glimmers of light
Now we are soon leaving 2022, and it is a year full of heavy news that we are leaving behind. Russia’s war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and the aftermath…