Results for keyword: Birds
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Sting nets bird killers
A two-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife sting nabs 35 individuals and businesses in the Southwest for killing and selling protected migratory birds.
by Sarah Dry, Feb 03, 1997 -
Western raptors on the rise
The group Hawk Watch International reports that some birds of prey - merlins, ospreys and peregrine falcons - are doing well, although others, including northern goshawks and golden eagles, continue to decline.
by Sarah Dry, Jan 20, 1997 -
Crane hunt is contested
Idaho approves a sandhill crane hunt to appease farmers who are losing crops to the birds.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 19, 1996 -
Salvage logging rider barrels into a shy seabird's world
Under the salvage logging rider, thousands of acres of habitat of the endangered marbled murrelet may be cut in coastal Washington and Oregon.
by Bill Taylor, Jun 10, 1996 -
Of raptors and rifles
Rancher Jim Maitland rescues an injured golden eagle in southwestern Oregon.
by Jenny Emery, Feb 05, 1996 -
Bird Brains
In this book "Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays," writer Candace Savage celebrates Corvid IQs.
by Betsy Marston, Dec 25, 1995 -
`Goddamn goshawks'
The Forest Service is blamed when loggers cut trees within yards of a nest of rare goshawk fledglings, causing them to die.
by Warren Cornwall, Dec 11, 1995 -
Condors ready for takeoff
Endangered California condors are being released in northern Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs.
by Warren Cornwall, Oct 02, 1995 -
Non-native bird ruffles feathers
Colorado conservationists object to Division of Wildlife's desire to introduce a non-native game bird, the ruffed grouse.
by David Hatcher, May 01, 1995 -
Reward offered in rampage of eagle poaching
A slew of eagle-poaching incidents in southwest Idaho may be linked to illegal wildlife trade.
by Steve Stuebner, Mar 20, 1995
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