News tagged with reed warblers

Rare bird's breeding ground found in Afghanistan

(AP) -- The first known breeding area of one of the world's rarest birds has been found in the remote and rugged Pamir Mountains in war-torn Afghanistan, a New York-based conservation group said Monday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists find 'world's least known bird' breeding in Afghanistan

Researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have discovered for the first time the breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler—dubbed in 2007 as "the world's least known bird species"—in the remote ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Afghanistan protects newly rediscovered rare bird

(AP) -- Afghanistan's fledging conservation agency moved Sunday to protect one of the world's rarest birds after the species was rediscovered in the war-ravaged country's northeast.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 28, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Birds' strategic mobbing fends off parasitic invaders

Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Cuckoos act as parasites by lay ...

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created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0