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Birds

Fancy Pigeon Blues

May 29, 2015 by Carrie No Comments

Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. As I have pointed out before, we...

Birds

Pigeon Portraits

December 1, 2014 by Corey 4 Comments

Pigeons get no respect. More reviled than perhaps any other species for the mess they make, their copious poop, and their general ubiquity, they...

Birds

The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

September 7, 2014 by David 2 Comments

The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon. Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even,...

Birds

Feral Pigeons World Wide

July 24, 2014 by Dragan 4 Comments

New Year’s Day 2014. With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first species on my year list....

Birds

Racing Pigeons, Swimming Crows

April 11, 2014 by Suzie 3 Comments

My friend Ruth, who is from Northern England, has a phrase she uses when her dog bursts into fits of irrational exuberance. “Look at...

Conservation

The Last Few Rays Before Extinction

November 5, 2013 by a Guest 1 Comment

Author Sherrida Woodley thinks deeply about dearly departed birds. She’s contemplated California Condors here before, but Passenger Pigeons seem to resonate most with her. The extinct American pigeon...

News

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...