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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 Ruth Anthony-Gardner on October 3, 2012 at 10:18pm: Thanks for the scary bird pictures, Sentient Biped. Some call out for captions.

Comment by Steph S. on October 3, 2012 at 9:16pm: Oh wow! How wonderful! So many new posts here.

Your yard sounds wonderful Sentient - a real treat for the birds.

Ruth - that's a great cartoon - and if they keep cutting down the trees to build roads - that's exactly what it will look like.

Sentient - cool picture from Birdzilla. Nice.

Crocoduck is great Joan - thanks. People just don't understand evolution - you are right.

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 3, 2012 at 9:02pm: What is the bird at the tail, a pigeon? I named your photo "sharpigeon" until corrected.

Comment by Sentient Biped on October 3, 2012 at 8:51pm: That one would scare me at the feeder too!

Comment by Joan Denoo on October 3, 2012 at 8:49pm: Reminds me of crocoduck:

Comment by Sentient Biped on October 3, 2012 at 7:36pm: 10 scariest birds, via Birdzilla.com

My favorite:

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on October 3, 2012 at 5:53pm

Comment by Sentient Biped on September 30, 2012 at 8:54pm: Beautiful little bird.

I just added a thistle feeder to my yard. Now they can get mixed birdseed, or thistles, whichever they want

There is also a suet feeder.

Haven't seen one of these. Mostly house finches, chicadees, and jays.