Test your knowledge of Parrot Movies in our May ’22 issue of Feather Fun!
Parrot Movies: Feather Fun
Nicknames: Feathered Frenzy
What’s in a name you ask? Well, it’s harder to answer that question when it comes to nicknames because nicknames – whether given to humans or birdies, speak to individual personality and ‘quirkiness’.
Sherri’s May ’22 Feathered Frenzy article tells us how cuddly Zack and spunky Bubbles gained their nicknames!
Gone Fishin’: Beneath the Cage Grate
Cue the theme to the Andy Griffith Show everybirdie, the bots have gone fishin’! What could possibly go wrong?
Catch up with Morty in his May ’22 Beneath the Cage Grate column to find out about Alexa and Roomba’s fishing (mis)adventure!
Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero | Spy in the Snow | BBC Video — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
When a Giant Petrel attacks them, Emperor Penguin chicks stand together against it.
Penguin chicks rescued by unlikely hero | Spy in the Snow | BBC Video — SANTA MONICA BAY AUDUBON SOCIETY BLOG
Birds in a Blizzard — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
Prior to this winter storm, migration in Manitoba was preceding as normal with people reporting birds like Canada Geese, Dark-eyed Juncos, American Robins, Trumpeter Swans, Herring Gulls and more. While these birds are likely not enjoying the spring snowfall (similar to us humans!), they are adapted to withstand the occasional bout of cold and snowy […]
Birds in a Blizzard — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — News : NPR
At least three bald eagles who contracted bird flu are dead.(Image credit: Chris Szagola/AP)
Bald eagles around the U.S. are contracting the bird flu — News : NPR
Loggerhead Shrike — Balancing Act — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I encountered a Loggerhead Shrike a couple of weeks ago on an overcast and quite windy morning. The shrike perched, seemingly nonchalantly, atop a budding mesquite. The tree and the bird swayed with the wind but the […]
Loggerhead Shrike — Balancing Act — Sonoran Images
A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay — Science : NPR
Scientists are tracking a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected wild birds in more than 30 states. Purging the nation’s poultry supply may not be enough to keep the virus from sticking around.(Image credit: Jeff Goulden/Getty Images)
A worrisome new bird flu is spreading in American birds and may be here to stay — Science : NPR
Red-tailed Hawk — Portraits of a Youngster — Sonoran Images
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. I probably encounter as many Red-tailed Hawks during a year of driving around looking for subjects to photograph as all other species of raptor, combined. I rarely photograph these birds because the vast majority of them are […]
Red-tailed Hawk — Portraits of a Youngster — Sonoran Images
Newsround – 2nd to 8th April 2022 — Northants birds
A mixed bag of weather, backed by a largely westerly airstream, did little to hasten the arrival of the expected quota of spring migrants … but come they did, albeit in small numbers. Once again, this week’s standout birds kick off with Garganey, all sightings of which were confined to Summer Leys LNR and nearby […]
Newsround – 2nd to 8th April 2022 — Northants birds
The Roost 