News tagged with breeding birds

Bird migration becoming more hazardous

(PhysOrg.com) -- Can you imagine living your whole life in summer? In one of the most spectacular wildlife migrations on the planet, millions of shorebirds do exactly this by making a 20,000km round trip from their Arctic ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Female birds -- acting just like the guys -- become sexual show-offs in cooperative breeding species

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female birds in species that breed in groups can find themselves under pressure to sexually show off and evolve the same kinds of embellishments - like fanciful tail feathers or chest-puffing ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First evidence for a second breeding season among migratory songbirds

Biologists for the first time have documented a second breeding season during the annual cycle of five songbird species that spend summers in temperate North America and winters in tropical Central and South ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale

Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles

(AP) -- Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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