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fromABC7 Los Angeles
17 hours ago

Jackie and Shadow's 2 new eaglets doing well, eating in their 1st days since hatching in Big Bear

"It was just amazing. It was so exciting to go to bed and shoot out of bed the next morning, exciting to see what was happening with the other chick," said Jenny Voisard with Friends of Big Bear Valley.
Chicago Bears
Pets
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Swifts spark joy!' Why these beautiful birds need our help and 10 ways to give it

Swifts are declining in population due to habitat loss and reduced insect availability, necessitating conservation efforts.
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fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago
Science

Americans Are Uniquely Infatuated With Bald Eagles. Too Bad Most of Us Have No Idea What They're Actually Like.

fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago
Science

Americans Are Uniquely Infatuated With Bald Eagles. Too Bad Most of Us Have No Idea What They're Actually Like.

Europe news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Thousands of seabirds dying on western Europe's coasts

Thousands of seabirds, primarily puffins, are washing up dead on Atlantic coasts due to severe winter storms, with populations already stressed by avian flu, food scarcity, and marine pollution.
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fromJezebel
2 weeks ago

Why Birds Around the World All Seem to Be Collecting Cigarettes

Birds worldwide collect cigarette butts for potential pest-repelling benefits despite the toxic nature of the material.
fromFlowingData
4 weeks ago

Bird search patterns

A comprehensive analysis of Google search patterns related to birds explores what species people seek information about most frequently. The investigation spans six interconnected analyses examining bird variety, taxonomic classifications, information sharing behaviors, birder sighting correlations with search trends, regional popularity differences across states, and temporal patterns in search interest.
Data science
Brooklyn
fromNew York Post
3 weeks ago

Rare, majestic trumpeter swan spotted in NYC for first time -hangs out with fellow fowl

A rare Trumpeter Swan, never before recorded in New York City, has been spotted in Brooklyn's East River and Prospect Park, attracting significant attention from bird watchers and the public.
Agriculture
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Don't Risk Birdwatching FOMO-Put Out Your Hummingbird Feeders Now

March marks the return of migratory hummingbirds from Central and South America, making it ideal to set up maintained nectar feeders to support their energy needs after their long journey.
Venture
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI | TechCrunch

Flapping Airplanes aims to train large models with much less data, pursuing a research-first approach that favors long-term research over compute-driven scaling.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Experience: I live as a crane

Raising crane chicks in full crane-costumes prevents human imprinting, teaches natural behaviors, reduces interaction, and prepares chicks for eventual release into the wild.
Science
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Watch the moment pilot lands a plane on a TRAIN travelling at 75mph

Dario Costa landed a Zivko Edge 540 on a cargo train traveling at 75mph, briefly touching down then immediately taking off, requiring precise timing and aerodynamic control.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Country diary: Persistence and confusion this is how magpies build their nest | Nic Wilson

Magpies start nesting in winter, build bowl-shaped platforms with heavy sticks using persistence over finesse, while other birds build protective covered or domed nests.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

We thought they would ignore us': how humans are changing the way raptors behave

Many people look up to admire the silhouette of raptors, some of the planet's largest birds, soaring through seemingly empty skies. But increasingly, research shows us that this fascination runs both ways. From high above, these birds are watching us too. Thanks to the development of tiny GPS tracking devices attached to their bodies, researchers are getting millions of data points on the day-to-day lives of these apex predators of the skies, giving us greater insight into where they hunt and rest.
Environment
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Flapping Airplanes on the future of AI: 'We want to try really radically different things' | TechCrunch

There's just so much to do. So, the advances that we've gotten over the last five to ten years have been spectacular. We love the tools. We use them every day. But the question is, is this the whole universe of things that needs to happen? And we thought about it very carefully and our answer was no, there's a lot more to do.
Artificial intelligence
US politics
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Man Trains Crows to Attack MAGA Hats

A man trained crows to remove and attack red MAGA hats by baiting them with food, demonstrating crow intelligence and creative anti-MAGA protest tactics.
Science
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just like humans do

Both humans and newly hatched chicks associate the nonsense word "bouba" with roundness and "kiki" with spikiness, suggesting an innate cross-species sound-shape mapping.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

European cold snap may increase bird migration to UK

When compared with places such as Norway and Sweden, the UK has relatively warm winters, and we get large numbers of migratory birds from all over Europe, which travel here seeking shelter, food and water. But numbers change every year depending on what the weather is like there and here with the recent cold spell you may see some surprise migratory visitors outside your window
Environment
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

How did birds evolve? The answer is wilder than anyone thought

Jurassic birds included diverse forms like Archaeopteryx and newly discovered Baminornis, revealing complex early avian evolution and questions about origins of powered flight.
Environment
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Why is a little bird tapping on a Los Gatos window?

A dark-eyed junco pecks windows because it mistakes its reflection for a territorial intruder; sunlight angle and possible insects explain the morning timing.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

How falcon thieves are targeting the UK's protected birds

Hundreds of UK peregrine falcon nests have been raided to supply a lucrative illegal trade meeting Middle East demand for racing and breeding birds.
Science
fromBig Think
2 months ago

How to be as innovative as the Wright brothers - no computers required

Confusing low probability with impossibility causes dismissal of feasible innovations, as shown by Lord Kelvin's incorrect declaration that heavier-than-air flight was impossible.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

Flu Season Worsens, AI Models Predict Illness from Sleep, and Woodpeckers Reveal Nature's Secrets

In the U.S., more than 8 percent of all visits to a health care provider in the week that ended December 27 were for respiratory illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's the highest rate the agency has recorded since it began keeping track in 1997. According to the CDC, so far this season the flu has contributed to an estimated 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, including nine children.
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