Discoveries about birds, behaviors, migration, and more. Plus, Eldon Greij’s popular column, “Amazing Birds.”
Swainson’s Hawk. Photo by David Mundy
Chickadees, wrens, and other small songbirds work together to mob predator owls, but they only strike when the time is right. Read More “How songbirds decide when to mob owls”
Satellite mapping technology located the site, which is home to around 500 birds. Read More “Researchers find new Emperor Penguin colony”
‘If the geomagnetic field experiences disturbance, it’s like using a distorted map that sends the birds off course.’ Read More “Study: Disturbances in magnetic field impact avian vagrancy”
A gene that was lost in the common ancestor of all living hummingbirds enables the birds’ hovering flight. Read More “Hummingbirds can hover because they lost a gene, study says”
Research in Argentina finds penguin population decline due to climate change.
Read More “How climate ‘presses’ and ‘pulses’ affect Magellanic Penguins”
New study sheds light on what researchers have dubbed a “blind spot” in our understanding of why new species form. Read More “Scientists offer new insights on why species evolve”
Study shows that when woodpeckers are pecking trees, the bill and skull are designed to work as a single unit. Read More “New understanding of how woodpeckers hammer trees”
Research suggests diving birds may have evolved into an evolutionary dead-end. Read More “Diving birds are more prone to extinction, says new study”
Collisions with glass windows on buildings, transportation shelters, noise barriers and fences are a major source of bird mortality. Public awareness of bird-window collisions has … Read More “Study looks at moments before a bird hits or avoids a window”
