"Wild Turkeys Are Disappearing — But No One Is Sure Why"
"In many parts of the country, turkeys are on the decline in the wild — but scientists aren’t sure why".
Source: Washington Post, 11/27/2023
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"The Naturalist and the Wonderful, Lovable, So Good, Very Bold Jay"
"Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world."
Source: Hakai, 11/17/2023
Harvest Of Horseshoe Crabs, For Medicine And Bait, Limited To Protect Bird
"Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird."
Source: AP, 11/14/2023
"Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block"
"The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless gargoyle faces and their dark mottled body plumage so plush it looks like fur, had already mastered the avian version of monkey-see-monkey-do."
Source: NYTimes, 11/13/2023
"This N.Y.C. Building Is in the Bird-Killing Hall of Shame. It Wants Out."
"The dazzling views of Central Park come with a dark side." "A shiny glass condo property in the city has become notorious for deadly crashes, so some residents are pushing for change."
Source: NYTimes, 10/19/2023
"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study"
"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."
Source: Reuters, 10/11/2023
"What A Chicken-Size Bird Can Tell Us About A Shrinking Prairie"
"There’s a stretch of Kim Shade’s ranch in the North Dakota Badlands where he used to look for a peculiar long-billed bird from the seat of his saddle. Now, all he sees there is a road leading to an oil rig."
Source: Washington Post, 10/03/2023
"As Fall Migration Arrives, Apps That ID Birds By Sound Have Taken Off"
"I was sitting in solitude earlier this summer in an Adirondack chair in my backyard, when I realized I wasn’t as alone as I’d thought. Thanks to the app I’d just downloaded on my phone — the popular and free Merlin Bird ID — I learned just from listening that I was surrounded by more than a dozen species of birds."
Source: AP, 09/08/2023
North American Grassland Birds In Peril, Spurring Effort To Save Habitat
"When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it through another cold, snowy winter on the western South Dakota prairie. Nothing’s better, he says, than getting up at sunrise as the birds light up the area with song."
Source: AP, 08/28/2023
Ecuador’s Government Plans to Keep Drilling in National Park, Despite Vote
"After Ecuadorians overwhelmingly voted to ban new oil wells in a prized national park, the government challenged the legitimacy of the referendum and said it would continue drilling."
Source: YaleE360, 08/28/2023
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