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This group is for birding, birders and bird enthusiasts. One can be a pet owner, researcher, Ornithologist, birder that is advanced or novice. Anyone interested in birds!

Location: Austin, TX
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Climate Destabilization may kill of half of bird species

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner yesterday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Climate Change: Birds May Lose Half Their SpeciesClimate change could wipe out half the…Continue

Tags: Bird species extinctions, Climate Destabilization

Green-rumped Parrots name their young

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by booklover on Friday. 2 Replies 2 Likes

Your Parrot May Already Have a Name…Continue

Tags: green-rumped parrotlets

Disinfect bird feeders twice monthly

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. on Friday. 1 Reply 1 Like

Studying the evolution of virulence in bird disease, researchers discovered that virulence increases once a disease is established in an area. They suggest that evolution toward virulence is assisted by easy transmission around bird feeders.Bird…Continue

Tags: disfinfect bird feeders, avian disease virulence

Evolutlion of feathers in 3 min

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. May 7. 2 Replies 2 Likes

A TED video on the evolution of feathers. Continue

Tags: evolution of feathers

Ecology Buys Time for Evolution: Climate Change Disrupts Songbird's Timing Without Impacting Population Size (Yet)

Started by Steph S. Apr 25. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Apr. 25, 2013 — Songbird populations can handle far more disrupting…Continue

Could we see the Passenger Pigeon again?

Started by Dominic Florio. Last reply by Dominic Florio Apr 23. 8 Replies 1 Like

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Nicotine-based pesticides!!!!

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. Apr 13. 2 Replies 1 Like

Insecticides based on nicotine are widely suspected as culprits in the dramatic decline of both domestic and wild bees. Now it turns out they're just as bad for aquatic food chains and BIRDS.“A single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill…Continue

Tags: nicotine pesiticides, neonicotinoid

Proposed coal plant threatens Critically Endangered Philippine cockatoo

Started by Steph S. Apr 9. 0 Replies 1 Like

Jeremy…Continue

The Intricacy of Bird Songs

Started by Steph S. Apr 7. 0 Replies 2 Likes

By Stefanie Foreman on March 4, 2012 8:47 PM Everyone knows that birds sing songs to communicate with each other. Different songs are used to warn other of predators, attract mates, and find food. But how far do these songs really go? How complex…Continue

Birdwatcher's Digest

Started by Steph S. Mar 29. 0 Replies 0 Likes

This is a good magazine for you birders and bird lovers out there. http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/bwdsite/Continue

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Comment by booklover on September 28, 2012 at 6:05pm: lol Patricia, the penguin's face looks exactly like that's what he is thinking! grumble, grumble! :)

Comment by Patricia on September 28, 2012 at 5:22pm

Comment by booklover on September 26, 2012 at 7:27am: What a cute story Joan! Thanks for the links Steph and Sentient!~ Melinda

Comment by Steph S. on September 25, 2012 at 11:23pm: Thank you Sentient Biped I will subscribe to those and look for more.
Appreciate it!

Comment by Sentient Biped on September 25, 2012 at 10:22pm: Steph, thank you for checking. I also found birds.com and a bird section on the guardian that look interesting Thanks again.

Comment by Steph S. on September 25, 2012 at 9:14pm: Joan that sounds lovely. Wonderful story.

Hope you are doing well today.

Comment by Joan Denoo on September 25, 2012 at 9:07pm: We lived at Ft. Hood, Tx in the early 1970s and had a "Ranger Station" in our back yard that was a climbing contraption for school age children, with ladders, slides, climbing ropes, with a lot of bells and whistles that made it the favorite toy in the neighborhood. Also participating in the play was a Mockingbird, quite tame. He loved the kids and they returned the affection. They would chatter together and he always came around when the kids had their lunches on the top deck. His wonderful sounds delighted us all.

Comment by Steph S. on September 25, 2012 at 8:23pm: http://www.whatbird.com/RSS%20Feeds/RSS_Main.aspx
Here's a site that lists some RSS feeds

Comment by Steph S. on September 25, 2012 at 11:41am: Thanks Sentient for the RSS feed blog link - I will look into getting some ideas and post them here.

Comment by Sentient Biped on September 25, 2012 at 11:36am: by the way, to get RSS feed of new discussions here, you can go to the "view all" link above, then click on the RSS icon. I can't explain it in detail, but it works for me in google reader and on my kindle RSS reader, which is helpful.