Results for keyword: birds
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Coping with two-headed fish and other effects of selenium
Researchers try to determine if unhealthy amounts of selenium are entering Western soil and water due to energy development.
by Danielle Venton, May 29, 2012 -
Just a few moments in Yellowstone
In a quiet, solitary hour at Yellowstone, nothing seems to happen -- and everything does.
by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 01, 2011 -
Birding, fast and slow
If Pepper Trail's Birdathon team had a theme song, it would be "Bat out of Hell."
by Pepper Trail, May 23, 2010 -
As the crow flies
In Crow Planet, Lyanda Lynn Haupt looks to the corvid family for lessons about life.
by Irene Wanner, Aug 30, 2009 -
Northward
The unexpected loveliness of the song of the varied thrush reminds the author that the birds are on the move, driven by climate change.
by David Oates , Jul 07, 2009 -
Manufactured homes for the birds
Zoologist David Olson and his colleagues are trying to create artificial cacti to house the rare coastal cactus wren, whose cholla cactus habitat is being threatened by California’s recent wildfires.
by Joseph Sorrentino, Jul 18, 2008 -
Gone geese
Charles Finn has had the carcass of a Canada goose in the back of his pickup for a week, pondering its life and death as he drives through the Montana winter.
by Charles Finn, Feb 19, 2008 -
My short tenure with a blind pigeon
Laura Pritchett reluctantly – and guiltily – agrees to take care of a blind pigeon for her mother.
by Laura Pritchett, Jan 21, 2008 -
A country cousin visits the big city
Seth Shteir is astonished to encounter a small, endangered burrowing owl hiding in an auto mechanic’s shop deep in the wilds of Los Angeles.
by Seth Shteir, Jan 07, 2008 -
Condors – the best air show in the West
Andrew Gulliford applauds the aerial acrobatics of the Colorado Plateau’s newly returned condors.
by Andrew Gulliford, Nov 12, 2007






