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A Northwest Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has landed safely after hitting a flock of pigeons shortly after takeoff. No one was hurt.
Tens of thousands of dead birds are showing up along the shore of the Great Salt Lake.
Exxon Mobil Corp. pleaded guilty to killing migratory birds in five states, and will pay about $7,000 for each bird killed, Justice Department officials said Thursday.
More than two dozen doves apparently released during a wedding were left clinging to life in a New York City park.
Police in Colorado have confiscated 53 baby birds from a 15-year-old boy who apparently took them from neighborhood nests and stored them in his bedroom.
About 700 yards from the end of a LaGuardia Airport runway, where thousands of planes take off and land, New York officials want to build what could be the equivalent of a bird magnet: a very large garbage transfer station.
Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they don't like. Birds rapidly learn to identify people who have previously threatened their nests and sounded alarms and even attacked those folks, while ignoring others nearby, researchers report in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
An Ethiopian lark, a Galapagos finch and a spectacularly colored hummingbird only recently discovered in Colombia have been added to the list of the world's most threatened species, an environmental group said Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature — the producer each year of a Red List of endangered species — said the Sidamo lark could soon become Africa's first known bird extinction as the Ethiopian savanna becomes overgrown by bush, farmland and overgrazing.
Hawaii's native avian population is in peril, with nearly all the state's birds in danger of becoming extinct, a federal report says.
Energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — is contributing to steep drops in bird populations, a new government report says.
Some drunks got out of hand, but instead of barflies it was birds intoxicated from eating fermented fruit. The Health Department investigated after receiving calls this week about dead and floundering Cedar waxwing birds.
A state-by-state list of birds that are becoming more common and less common, perhaps because of shifts related to climate change, and the estimated miles the birds have moved north over the last 40 years, according to the Audubon Society.
The following 20 birds moved the most north of all 305 species studied by the Audubon Society. For five of the birds on the list — Wild Turkey, Marbled Murrelet, Ring-billed Gull, House Finch and "Rufous-sided" Towhee (lumped) — climate change is probably not the main reason for the northward shift.
When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn't a canary at all. It's a purple finch.
The government is taking too long to develop a useful bird-detecting radar that might prevent incidents like last month's dramatic splashdown of a US Airways airliner, officials for the nation's largest pilots union said Monday.
Commercial airline crews reported more than two dozen emergency landings, aborted takeoffs or other hair-raising incidents due to collisions with birds in the past two years, according to a confidential database managed by NASA.
Lovelace, the rockhopper penguin that answers life's questions in the animated film "Happy Feet", probably would be just as stumped as the researchers who reported Friday that the population of his northern relatives has declined by 90 percent over the last 50 years.
Talk about unintended consequences. “Bird strikes” — or collisions between birds and aircraft — are increasing for two reasons, according to the federal government’s leading expert on the phenomenon: The environment is cleaner and airplanes are quieter.
Police investigating the death of a morbidly obese woman found her disabled mother living in their squalid mobile home with more than 60 caged birds, a few of them dead.
A scholarly article on the white-winged diuca finch lists co-author Spencer P. Hardy's affiliation as Marion W. Cross School. The word "Elementary" was dropped.
One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent.
In Parma, Ohio, an organizer for Barack Obama arrived at a recent "Catholic house party," a campaign-sponsored chat about values, prepared to answer questions about abortion.
Death comes from above and below for birds on the causeway that separates Lake Audubon from Lake Sakakawea along the Missouri River.
An apparent set of conjoined twin birds — an incredibly rare find — has been discovered in Arkansas, authorities said.
Experts are telling Chicago residents to beware of the birds.
Stork Amputee Gets an Artificial LegIn August, Dietmar arrived in a bird reserve located between Dresden and Leipzig suffering from a broken leg. The sanctuary staff did everything they could to help Dietmar, but in the end the limb had to be amputated. However it has now been replaced with a carbon prosthesis.
Confused birds mistake road for waterDrivers on New Zealand's south island are having to dodge birds which have begun crash-landing on roads.
Brown pelican comes back from the brink of extinctionBrown pelican comes back from the brink of extinction The brown pelican, Louisiana's state bird and perhaps its best known symbol, has recovered from near extinction after pesticide threats in the 1970s and is being removed from the federal government's list of endangered specie …
Dozens Of Birds Hit By San Francisco Bay Oil Spill ALAMEDA, Calif. -- More than 30 birds have been rescued after an oil spill last week in San Francisco Bay, and many other dead ones have been found, officials said Monday.
Worsening Australian Timor Sea oil spill disaster - fire breaks out on leaking Oz oil rigFire broke out yesterday on the oil rig, which has been leaking oil into the Timor Sea for 10 weeks (100x100 km) . Oil field operator PTTEP Australasia said the West Atlas rig and Montara well-head platform were on fire.
Helmet Feeder Attracts Hummingbirds Just Inches From Your Face"A new helmet with a built-in bird feeder will allow wearers to get amazing face to face contact with nature."
First Evidence For A Second Breeding Season Among Migratory SongbirdsBiologists for the first time have documented a second breeding season during the annual cycle of five songbird species that spend summers in temperate North America and winters in tropical Central and South America.
Fresh hope for crow thought to be extinctAn Indonesian crow long believed to be extinct has reappeared on a remote, mountainous island.
Starlings overrun Bridgeport, IL neighborhoodI a real-life episode from the classic Hitchcock film, The Birds, masses of starlings have bombed local cars with droppings in this quiet Illinois neighborhood.
Environmental work boosts fears of bird strikes at Teterboro airportA massive project to restore a wildlife habitat in the Meadowlands has raised fears of increased bird strikes at nearby Teterboro Airport, which already has the highest rate of hits in the region.
State of the Birds The United States is home to a tremendous diversity of native birds, with more than 800 species inhabiting terrestrial, coastal, and ocean habitats, including Hawaii. Among these species, 67 are federally listed as endangered or threatened.
"Awesome" photo a hit for Westminster birder - The Denver PostThis is the kind of"Awesome" photo, a hit for Westminster and a real boost for anyone tired of looking at and talking to boobs on the vine.
There's another article on Newsvine where the Florida State Supreme Court has ruled that dogs are possession and not covered by malpractice laws as it pertains to recovering emotional damage if your vet makes a mistake and your dog dies. I think that wrong.
Four-winged dino may be missing bird linkThe stunning remains of a "four-winged" dinosaur have confirmed that birds owe their ancestry to two-footed dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago, the world's most famous fossil-hunter said.
Scientists Discover Fossils of Feathered Dinosaur with Four WingsA dinosaur that lived between 160 and 151 million years ago could be the missing link between birds and dinosaurs. Scientists in Beijing announced yesterday that a four-winged creature called Anchiornis huxleyi could finally prove birds are descended from dinosaurs.
Handcuffs, Taser used to catch emuAuthorities in Mississippi said they had to handcuff an emu and shock it with a Taser to remove the ostrich-like flightless bird from a roadway.
Protected birds killed in MaltaThe dead bodies of 150 protected birds have been found on the Mediterranean island of Malta as activists search what they call a "major crime scene".
Endangered Bird's Nests Found on Galapagos IslandsGalapagos National Park managers said they found three new nests belonging to petrels, an endangered bird native to the area, the Ecuadorian press reported Sunday.
Prize winning new fishing system to save thousands of seabirdsA team of Australian inventors has been awarded the $30,000 grand prize in the International WWF Smart Gear Competition for a fishing gear innovation that could save thousands of seabirds from dying accidentally on long-lines each year.
Plan hatched for 'happy emu marriage'There is renewed hope that the Northern Territory's famous, sex-starved male emu may be a step closer to finding satisfaction, thanks to an internet search and a chicken egg incubator.
Giant birdcage protects research cropsA giant inside-out birdcage is helping South Australian plant researchers protect the future of the nation's food supply.
Nighthawks Are On the MoveOne of the signs of autumn in Missouri is the southward migration of Common Nighthawks . Nesting from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, the species spends its winters in South America. Nighthawks will be largely out of Missouri by mid-October and will return next year in late April.
Tufted puffin reported for first time in UKBirdwatchers are heading to the Kent coast after reports of a sighting of a Pacific seabird never before seen in the UK, ornithology experts said today.
Music: Galveston - Glen Campbell Sea Isle is a resort community near the Western end of Galveston island. The Gulf coast is on one side of Sea Isle and Galveston Bay is on the other side. There is a small island in Galveston Bay about a quarter mile from Sea Isle.
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