Cornucopiaflipped into BREXIT : SOVEREIGNTY 2022Is the contested French tradition of glue-hunting songbirds coming to an end?RFI - Alison HirdHunters in France are outraged that President Emmanuel Macron, under pressure from Brussels, has ordered them to stop trapping thrushes and blackbirds on glue-covered twigs. But conservationists welcome the beginning of the end of what they see as a barbaric practice from a bygone era. Fans of …
Live Scienceflipped into LiveScienceHalf-male, half-female songbird discovered in PennsylvaniaLive Science - Mindy WeisbergerFinding the rare specimen was like "seeing a unicorn." Biologists recently made a "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery of a bird that's male on the right …
MOMMAHflipped into Nothing New Under The SunTiny songbird that vanished from Missouri 100 years ago is making a comebackkansascity.com - By Chacour KoopA tiny songbird that vanished from Missouri a century ago is making a comeback. It took restoring a forest to make it happen. The Missouri Department …
Zabflipped into Environment TodaySongbirds sing so loudly at dawn because they're warming up, study findsverified_publisherCNN - By Harmeet Kaur(CNN) — Songbirds, they're just like us. Researchers have found that when song sparrows chirp loudly outside your window in the wee hours of the morning, they're really just practicing. And like the best crooners, they sing better after they've had a chance to loosen their voice. A team from Duke …
Bethany Frasierflipped into Animal ArticlesMagnificent African songbird turning heads, invading nests, in Southern Californiadailynews.com - Martin WisckolIn mating season, the male pin-tailed whydah’s tail can grow to three times its body length, giving it one of the most striking appearances of any …
Forbesflipped into InnovationHow Some Songbirds Have Evolved to Play Their Terrible ‘Darwinian’ CardsForbes - Rebecca CoffeyHere’s an evolutionary riddle: Should the investment that parents make in their offspring benefit the parents or the offspring? If the answer is “offspring,” must all benefit equally? If not, which one should the parents favor? Hint: the parents are genetically related equally to all of their …
