News tagged with migrating birds
Experts examine risks to birds from wind turbines (w/ Video)
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Are wind turbines dangerous to billions of migrating birds?
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Migrating birds chill to fatten up
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Marathon runners are famed for pasta packing in the days before a big run but when tiny passerine birds set out on their epic migrations, the distances are too great to cover on the energy reserves with which they embark. ...
Migrating songbirds learn survival tips on the fly
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Jun 25, 2008 |
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Migrating songbirds take their survival cues from local winged residents when flying through unfamiliar territory, a new Queen's University-led study shows. It's a case of "When in Rome, do as the Romans do," ...
Study finds migratory birds not picky about their rest stops
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If a lush, protected forest with a winding stream is considered luxury accommodation for a migratory bird, a Purdue University study shows that those birds would be just as happy with the equivalent of a ...
Migrating birds detect latitude and longitude, but how remains a mystery
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Jan 31, 2008 |
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Eurasian reed warblers captured during their spring migrations and released after being flown 1,000 kilometers to the east can correct their travel routes and head for their original destinations, researchers report online ...
Bird flu outbreak reported in Russia
Oct 01, 2007 |
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Hundreds of thousands of birds at a poultry farm in Russia's southern Krasnodar Terroritory are being destroyed following an outbreak of bird flu.
Study: Migrating birds didn't spread flu
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May 11, 2006 |
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European scientists say despite predictions migrating birds would spread avian flu across Europe this spring, studies indicate that did not occur.
Rare cranes make detour
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Dec 10, 2007 |
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Rare whooping cranes have appeared in an Illinois county for the first time since the 1800s.
Expert predicts Russian bird flu pandemic
Apr 26, 2006 |
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A senior Russian official has predicted that a bird flu pandemic is highly probable in Russia this summer.
For migrating sparrows, kids have a compass, but adults have the map
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Nov 05, 2007 |
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Even bird brains can get to know an entire continent -- but it takes them a year of migration to do so, suggests a Princeton research team.
Long-distance flyers arriving earlier
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Jul 04, 2006 |
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European researchers have found that birds who migrate long distances are arriving at their summer breeding grounds earlier.
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