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Owls' dawn and dusk concerts promote visual communication

Owls' dawn and dusk concerts promote visual communication

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reporting in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE April 8, Vincenzo Penteriani and Maria Delgado of the Estacion Biologica de Doñana, Spain, describe the evolution of white throat badges in association with d ...





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New eagle crowding nesting eagle pair

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created Feb 18, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A pair of bald eagles nesting in Virginia's Norfolk Botanical Garden are used to being visited by people, but now must deal with an interloping female eagle.


Study finds foul owls use faeces to show they are in fine feather

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some years ago, within the Department of Conservation Biology of the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Seville, Spain), a recently established group (colloquially named the ...


Spotted owls facing extinction in Canada

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created May 18, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Officials in the Canadian province of British Columbia have ordered all regional spotted owls to be collected to prevent the birds from going extinct.


Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Scientists want to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the protected spotted owl.


SF State scientists expose new threat to spotted owl

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created May 28, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study provides a baseline distribution of blood parasites and strains in Spotted Owls, suggesting a more fragile immune health than previously understood for the already threatened Northern and California Spotted Owls.


Research backs legend of man-eating bird

Research backs legend of man-eating bird

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge flesh-eating eagle that became extinct in New Zealand only 500 years ago was an efficient hunter that could attack prey 10 times its size, UNSW research has found, lending credibility ...


Webcam fans mourn Calif. bald eagle chick deaths

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.


Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.


How male owls pitch their wits to show who’s who

How male owls pitch their wits to show who’s who

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created Apr 13, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A male owl's hoot may not be all it seems to rivals when it comes to defending valuable territory, new research has revealed.


Bald eagles settle in U.S. winter locales

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created Jan 06, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Thousands of bald eagles have gathered in their wintering haunts along the Mississippi and other rivers in the central United States.



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