News tagged with winter bird

Hong Kong culls chickens to battle bird flu

Hong Kong culled 17,000 chickens Wednesday and suspended live poultry imports for 21 days after three birds tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu virus.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Winter sports threaten indigenous mountain birds

In the winter months, the mountain ranges of central Europe attract thousands of tourists for skiing, snowboarding and other outdoor sports, but conservationists fear this annual invasion may threaten indigenous bird species, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Weedy' bird species may win as temperatures rise

Climate change is altering North American winter bird communities in ways that models currently favored by ecologists fail to predict.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Warming brings more birds north in winter

Long-term global warming is prompting North American birds to winter farther north -- a trend more noticeable in Alaska than anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study by the National Audubon Society.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 0




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Deadly bird parasite evolves at exceptionally fast rate

A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate. What's more, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists predict where seabirds forage

Researchers have used information about seabird colonies and food availability to create a mathematical model which predicts where they forage for food during the breeding season.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study of Maryland demonstrates Mid-Atlantic offshore wind capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Verandas and eggshell examination could improve hen welfare

The report by academics at the University of Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences, funded by the Morrisons Farming Programme, examined health challenges facing the modern free-range laying hen and identified ...

Biology / Other

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vietnam, Cambodia report bird flu deaths

(AP) -- Vietnam on Thursday confirmed its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, a day after neighboring Cambodia also logged its first fatality this year as new cases of the H5N1 virus are reported in Asia ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does the La Nina weather pattern lead to flu pandemics?

Worldwide pandemics of influenza caused widespread death and illness in 1918, 1957, 1968 and 2009. A new study examining weather patterns around the time of these pandemics finds that each of them was preceded by La Niña ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Dramatic links found between climate change, elk, plants, and birds

Climate change in the form of reduced snowfall in mountains is causing powerful and cascading shifts in mountainous plant and bird communities through the increased ability of elk to stay at high elevations over winter and ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2 more dead birds in HK test positive for H5N1

Hong Kong authorities say two more dead birds have tested positive for a dangerous strain of bird flu, adding to health worries in the city.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drought shrinks China's largest freshwater lake

China's largest freshwater lake has shrunk to its smallest size in years due to drought, state media and officials said Thursday, endangering the ecology in the area and fishermen's livelihoods.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hedgerows can be managed better for wildlife

Simple changes to hedgerow management could significantly improve winter habitats and food supplies for wildlife, according to new research by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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