Results for keyword: Birds
-
Birds break boundaries
Chris Pague of The Nature Conservancy has been following migratory birds from Colorado to Mexico to help come up with a conservation plan.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 23, 2000 -
www.birdsource.com
A new Web site managed by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology helps birders.
by Staff, Sep 11, 2000 -
A whir of wings
In November, New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge hosts its annual Festival of the Cranes.
by Beth Wohlberg, Sep 11, 2000 -
Backpacks and quacks
Pintail ducks flying north from California's Central Valley this spring will carry transmitters to track their migration routes in an attempt to find out why pintail duck numbers are dropping.
by Catherine Lutz, Apr 24, 2000 -
Goose got your gander?
A skyrocketing population of once-uncommon Canada geese has some locals up-in-arms and ready to try lethal methods to bring goose numbers under control.
by David B. Williams, Mar 13, 2000 -
Tern terror
The Army Corps of Engineers is trying to figure out how to relocate the 10,000 pairs of Caspian terns nesting on Rice Island at the mouth of the Columbia - and eating millions of young salmon.
by Rebecca Clarren, Feb 28, 2000 -
New tools for bird buffs
The "Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas" and a set of CD-Roms called "Better Birdwatching in Colorado" are excellent resources for Colorado birdwatchers.
by Greg Hanscom, Jun 07, 1999 -
Power poles make deadly perches
Kirk Hohenberger and other vocal raptor experts are pushing utility companies to make power poles safe for the birds that perch on them.
by J. T. Thomas, Dec 07, 1998 -
Are birds to blame for vanishing salmon?
On Rice Island at the mouth of the Columbia River near Astoria, Ore., the world's largest nesting colony of Caspian terns enthralls birders but worries others, who claim the birds are eating too many endangered salmon and steelhead smolts.
by Sharon Levy, Oct 26, 1998 -
Birds bridge borders
The group Partners in Flight tries to stem the decline in the migrating bird populations of North and South America.
by Taffeta Elliott, Aug 17, 1998
High Country News in your inbox!