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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

September 17, 2013 by Meredith Mann 1 Comment

Or perhaps I should say “illusive.” That’s because an American architecture firm is planning what’s billed as the “world’s first invisible building” in South Korea....

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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds

September 11, 2013 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Wind turbines at Altamont Pass in Northern California (a known eagle-fatality site not included in the study); image by Bonita de Boer/Flickr/Creative Commons License The...

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From Russia With Birds: The World’s Biggest Owl, “Zombie” Pigeons

September 6, 2013 by Meredith Mann 2 Comments

Blakiston’s Fish Owl (image by Robert tdc/Wikimedia Commons) Sometimes, on the bird news beat, you find gold at both ends of the rainbow. That would be...

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Once in a Blue Moon

August 31, 2013 by Redgannet No Comments

The definition of the term Blue Moon comes under scrutiny this week. There is a popular definition doing the rounds which states that a...

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Docu-series Offers Bird’s-Eye View of, Well, Birds

August 29, 2013 by Meredith Mann 2 Comments

Did you ever wonder what the world looks like through a bird’s eyes? Now is your chance to find out. Beginning on Sep. 4,...

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How does your city treat birds?

August 15, 2013 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Whichever city Lake Balboa is in, it gets my vote because it makes way for ducklings. That’s what Audubon California wants to know. (If the...

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Why Did the Prairie Chicken Cross the State?

August 9, 2013 by Meredith Mann 1 Comment

Not quite as fancy as the satellite tracker that Bird No. 112 got, this radio transmitter nevertheless tells scientists at the Missouri Department of...