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LETTER: Be kind to our crows
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (314+ words) Editor: I am writing this letter on behalf of the ones who cannot – Chatham-Kent’s crow population. I understand that Crowfest commenced in October 2022. It has partnered with local charities. Entertainment was offered every day and night. Live concerts featured “crow-themed…...
C??rdoba seeks to ban trappers to prevent the capture and trafficking of wild birds
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (520+ words) A bill introduced in the Unicameral Legislature of Córdoba seeks to prohibit the manufacture, marketing, distribution, advertising, possession, and use of traps, cages, and other devices intended to capture wild birds and animals. The proposal emerged from the campaign “Córdoba…...
Celebrate This Native Bird At The Welcome Home Kōlea Festival
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (172+ words) Only in HawaiÊ»i do kÅlea, or the Pacific Golden-Plover, live in harmony with humans in backyards, city parks, and urban spaces. Every April these long-lived migratory shorebirds fly to Alaska to breed, returning in late summer to the…...
In 2006, University of Washington biologist John Marzluff wore a caveman mask while trapping and banding seven Seattle crows; the birds taught others—including offspring born years later—to scold anyone wearing it, and the warning spread across campus for 17 years before a masked walk in September 2023 finally produced silence.
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (1439+ words) Seven Seattle crows learned one masked face during a 2006 banding. The warning moved through the local flock and across generations before a 2023 walk finally drew silence. By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit On four…...
Alaska's Pribilof Islands make rare exception to dog ban for trained rat hunters
1+ week, 1+ day ago (824+ words) "We work very, very hard to keep this a rat-free island." For decades, the Pribilof Islands in Alaska have barred dogs to protect the world's largest concentration of northern fur seals. That long-standing policy remains intact, but federal officials created…...
How one Anchorage nonprofit is rebuilding trust with its raptors
1+ week, 2+ day ago (774+ words) On a recent Monday, Chandelle Cotter fed a rodent to a male snowy owl named Frost. She doesn’t know much about him, but she does know he likes to talk. “He’d be a good radio bird,” Cotter said, as Frost…...
Scientists measured campfire light and discovered its incredible role in shaping human language
1+ week, 3+ day ago (535+ words) A newly discovered link between firelight flickers and the human brain suggests that campfire stories are part of our DNA. Long ago, man discovered how to make fire. Then, man developed spoken language. And with it, stories shared ’round the…...
In search of a monk parakeet
1+ week, 4+ day ago (78+ words) EV Grieve Tuesday, September 1, 2026 In search of a monk parakeet hope they’re safe but comforting to know they do live outside Thrillist: The Best NYC Neighborhood Blogs 2017 Named one of the best NYC Neighborhood blogs in 2016 Named Best Local Website…...
"Tits are generally psychos." A Minsk resident has been saving wild birds in her apartment for five years
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1750+ words) This story began with one small chick on a path. Now, Yulia Valavik has a real animal farm-hospital: under her caring supervision, more than 200 birds are recovering and waiting to fly free, writes Tochka.by. The generosity of some people…...
Parakeets have Londoners in a flap and hunters loading their rifles
2+ week, 4+ day ago (793+ words) My friendly neighbourhood Italian restaurant on the edge of Clapham Common often throws open its sliding doors throughout London’s increasingly hot summers to operate as a sort of inside-outside eatery. On Sunday evening, as I fought back tears brought on…...