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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
Members: 32
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Climate Destabilization may kill of half of bird species

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on Monday. 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

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Disinfect bird feeders twice monthly

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Steph S. Jun 13. 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

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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 Joan Denoo on December 8, 2012 at 3:24am: An amazing bird, Tony! Where in the world is it from?

Comment by Tony Carroll on December 7, 2012 at 12:23pm

Comment by Joan Denoo on December 6, 2012 at 1:07pm: Spud, that is interesting; I hadn't thought about bugs and spiders. Maybe there is something to it.

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 6, 2012 at 11:09am: and also spot bugs and spiders easier.

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 6, 2012 at 11:08am: Joan, that's interesting that the birds didn't take the blue threads. Maybe they're like me and like white so they can tell when things are getting dirty :)

Comment by Joan Denoo on December 5, 2012 at 11:16pm: I'm glad birds find butts beneficial, so if they use them for nesting material is there some other product that helps keep lice down and nests warm? Would dried nicotiana leaves work?

My old lawn furniture fabric started to split and birds came and harvested not only threads from the fabric but also stuffing. We found bird nests all over the place, including in my dryer vent, where birds had white threads and white stuffing in tidy little nests. They didn't take the blue threads. The nests were really quite pretty and I kept some of the material to hang under a branch of the Colorado Blue Spruce that they could continue to harvest. It is all gone now.

Comment by Steph S. on December 5, 2012 at 7:28pm: Thanks for the link to the article about Urban birds Idaho.

Thanks for the link to the video Patricia about the crow feeding pets.

Wonderful stuff!

Comment by Dallas (on hiatus) on December 5, 2012 at 6:59pm: That's cute.

Comment by Patricia on December 5, 2012 at 4:37pm: Crow feeds pets....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RZ3o5S61lBY

Comment by Idaho Spud on December 5, 2012 at 1:16pm: Urban birds have learned to use cigarette butts to deter parasites and warm nests: http://news.discovery.com/animals/birds-are-building-nests-out-of-c...