Researchers believe they have located a place in the brain where songbirds store the memories of their parents’ songs.
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Newly discovered fossils are giving researchers more information on the life of the extinct Dodo bird, including diet, behavior and habitat.
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Condolences are still being posted for the so-called Domino Sparrow, murdered last November to save an attempt at breaking a domino-felling world record. See the condolence register at www.dodemus.nl.
“Ornithologists are pondering the possibility that birds strike up friendships after two female oystercatchers were netted together twice, 13 years apart.”
European health officials scramble to prepare for the possible arrival of bird flu this spring when migratory birds return to the continent. European birds are now mixing with South Asian birds in their common winter habitats in Africa. March and April will be “high alert times” in Europe.
If you have, then you are one of the lucky few this winter and the British Trust for Ornithology wants to hear from you.
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On Friday scientists announced a find of 700 bones of the extinct Dodo bird on the island of Mauritius. The announcement was made at Naturalis in Leiden, the Netherlands. The bones are estimated to be 2,000 to 3,000 years old. The cache will be on display at the museum until 8 January 2006. The last Dodo bird was killed on the island probably sometime before 1700.
A rare frigate bird flew 2,500 miles in 26 days on a search for food for her chick. The bird was tracked by scientists at Christmas Island National Park with a satellite tracking device.
A fire broke out early Saturday morning in the bird park Avifauna in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. The cause of the fire was unknown. The fire claimed the lives of approximately 20 birds, according to police. Surviving birds have been moved to temporary housing. Among the dead were parakeets and cockatoos.
More than a thousand wading birds could be uprooted from their homes if a plan to dump power station waste in coastal lagoons goes ahead in Scotland. The ScottishPower station has stored ash in the lagoons for over 40 years. The plan is to remove the ash to clear space for waste. Read more at the Scotsman.com News.
