News tagged with blackbirds
Wisconsin lab says it solved blackbird die-off
The mystery of the deaths of thousands of blackbirds in Arkansas this month has been solved, federal scientists say.
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Climate change plays major role in decline of blackbird species
(PhysOrg.com) -- Populations of the rusty blackbird, a once-abundant North American species, have declined drastically in recent years, and Auburn University researchers say climate change is to blame.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Birds sing louder amidst the noise and structures of the urban jungle
Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order to escape the lower frequencies ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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FACT CHECK: Mass bird, fish deaths occur regularly
(AP) -- First, the blackbirds fell out of the sky on New Year's Eve in Arkansas. In recent days, wildlife have mysteriously died in big numbers: 2 million fish in the Chesapeake Bay, 150 tons of red tilapia in Vietnam, 40,000 ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Bad news for us, or just for the birds?
Roughly 5,000 dead and dying blackbirds fell from the Arkansas sky on New Year's Eve. That mysterious event was followed by the appearance of about 500 dead birds along a Louisiana highway and additional bird-falls in Kentucky, ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Trying out carbon to treat toxic sediment
On the surface, Canal Creek looks like a postcard Chesapeake Bay tributary, with red-winged blackbirds swooping over the tidal marsh lining its banks.
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Village bird study highlights loss of wildlife knowledge from one
Our ability to conserve and protect wildlife is at risk because we are unable to accurately gauge how our environment is changing over time, says new research out today in Conservation Letters.
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Feb 13, 2009 |
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