Birds

An owl army, a tire-less elk and a minor coup attempt

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

Betsy Marston Dec. 1, 2021 From the print edition

Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way

‘I was glued to my computer for days, trying to figure out what these birds were doing, because it was so clearly, obviously, not normal.’

Kylie Mohr News Oct. 21, 2021

California oil spill contaminates restored wetland

The Talbert Marsh is refuge to at least 90 species of shorebirds, and now it’s slicked with oil.

Rachel Becker Oct. 6, 2021

Agencies dunk endangered songbird

Biologists and conservationists protest BuRec's plan to drown habitat of the southwestern willow flycatcher by raising the waters of Arizona's Roosevelt Lake and by leaving other sensitive habitat areas off the list of designated critical habitat.

Tony Davis Sept. 15, 1997 From the print edition

Crossing borders to save hawks

Biologist Brian Woodbridge tracks Swainson's hawks from California to Argentina, and discovers that many are being killed by pesticide-contaminated grasshoppers.

Sharon Levy Sept. 1, 1997 From the print edition

Coffee is bad for birds

Migrating songbirds are threatened as Mexican and Central American coffee plantations cut down shade trees to increase the coffee yield.

Danielle Desruisseaux May 12, 1997 From the print edition

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.

Sarah Dry Feb. 3, 1997 From the print edition

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.

Sarah Dry Jan. 20, 1997 From the print edition

Crane hunt is contested

Idaho approves a sandhill crane hunt to appease farmers who are losing crops to the birds.

Greg Hanscom Aug. 19, 1996 From the print edition

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.

Bill Taylor June 10, 1996 From the print edition

Of raptors and rifles

Rancher Jim Maitland rescues an injured golden eagle in southwestern Oregon.

Jenny Emery Feb. 5, 1996 From the print edition

Bird Brains

In this book "Bird Brains: The Intelligence of Crows, Ravens, Magpies, and Jays," writer Candace Savage celebrates Corvid IQs.

Betsy Marston Dec. 25, 1995 From the print edition

`Goddamn goshawks'

The Forest Service is blamed when loggers cut trees within yards of a nest of rare goshawk fledglings, causing them to die.

Warren Cornwall Dec. 11, 1995 From the print edition

Condors ready for takeoff

Endangered California condors are being released in northern Arizona's Vermillion Cliffs.

Warren Cornwall Oct. 2, 1995 From the print edition

Non-native bird ruffles feathers

Colorado conservationists object to Division of Wildlife's desire to introduce a non-native game bird, the ruffed grouse.

David Hatcher May 1, 1995 From the print edition

Reward offered in rampage of eagle poaching

A slew of eagle-poaching incidents in southwest Idaho may be linked to illegal wildlife trade.

Steve Stuebner March 20, 1995 From the print edition

Trumpeter swans play through

Utah's first trumpeter swans are settling at a golf course near St. George.

Staff Feb. 20, 1995 From the print edition

Hawk sees opportunity, snatches it

A hawk snatches a garter snake off a sleeping teenager's chest in a remarkable incident in Montana.

Staff Sept. 19, 1994 From the print edition

Oil, feathers and EPA

Oil pits kill thousands of migrating birds.

Staff June 13, 1994 From the print edition

Silent swans in Yellowstone

Population of trumpeter swans in Yellowstone National Park down due to competition from other birds.

Staff April 4, 1994 From the print edition

Victory for raptors

President Clinton signs the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area into law.

Staff Oct. 18, 1993 From the print edition

Prairie birds take a nosedive

The Great Plains bird populations are declining.

Staff Aug. 23, 1993 From the print edition

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