San Francisco is a bird watcher’s paradise
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- San Francisco is a bird watcher’s paradise
- Peregrine falcons making Minnesota comeback
- More birds killed in bird flu affected area in E Nepal
- Best of Chatterbox
- Climate change affects bird migrations
San Francisco is a bird watcher’s paradise
San Francisco Chronicle USA -
“When you talk to people birding in the city they’re surprised there are more than pigeons and seagulls. San Francisco’s total was topped only by the 210 species found on Dauphin Island in the 2007 contest among coastal cities of roughly the same geographic size. Swashbuckling veterans of binocular and bird-book wars – San Francisco residents Alan Hopkins Paul Saraceni Hugh Cotter and Josiah Clark – made up one of the dozen teams in the Birdiest City competition. They were on another quest too competing for San Francisco’s Big Day trophy. They spotted 149 species in 24 hours and now hold a model of Dashiell Hammett’s notorious Maltese Falcon bestowed by the San Francisco Field rnithologists group. “It’s power birding” said Clark a consulting ecologist who since he was a teenager has filled his yard in the Richmond District with plants that birds like. Birding is “almost like a meditation” he said.
Peregrine falcons making Minnesota comeback
KARE MN -
Paul police officer Bob Winsor has seen just about everything. But what happened at Snelling and Ashland Friday was certainly a first. fficer Winsor blocked a couple lanes of traffic for 30 minutes to protect a bird that was feasting on a pigeon in the middle of the road. His reasoning was simple: “Anything that kills pigeons is good with me. But Winsor soon learned he was protecting a rare peregrine falcon which is the fastest bird in the world. “It’s a great success story” says Lori Naumann with Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources. It’s unusual to see a peregrine in the middle of a busy road Naumann says but they are becoming more common in the Twin Cities.
More birds killed in bird flu affected area in E Nepal
Xinhua China -
24 (Xinhua) — The Rapid Response Teams deployed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative to take the bird flu outbreak in control have killed 1035 chickens 10 ducks 53 pigeons and destroyed 205 eggs in Ruibari and surrounding areas of Sharanamati village in Jhapa district in eastern Nepal by Monday. According to Tuesday’s nepalnews. com culling and killing of birds started on Sunday after declaring the area surrounding Ruimari a “bird-flu affected area”. The operation is expected to complete soon as there are no large poultry farms in the area. It is expected that there are about 9000 chickens in the village.
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Best of Chatterbox
guardian.co.uk UK -
” Alfienoakes tows the pan frying line: “The only time I’ve ever done them is to just pan fry them in some olive oil and some seasoning – I’ve served them with a salad but probably not best to do that in this weather. “Craggyisland’s suggestion is my favourite: “Pigeon is really lean so you want to give it some fat and either cook it slow or quick. If you had the whole bird I would braise it wrapped in pancetta with some Chestnuts and red wine. I would serve them with some Savoy cabbage cooked with a little bacon and shallot and some mashed potato. If you pan-fry them you could de-glaze the pan with a little sherry or port and whack in a touch of redcurrant jelly to make a nice sauce.
Climate change affects bird migrations
Portsmouth Herald News NH -
Changing environmental conditions drive evolution resulting in the wonderful biodiversity that exists on this planet. Rapid human-driven changes such as what we’re currently seeing with climate change are changing the diversity distribution and survival of many of the Earth’s residents. Past generations denied us the chance to experience such wonders as massively dense flocks of passenger pigeons the giant dodo bird the weirdly chimerical quagga and Tasmanian wolf. Do we really want this to be our legacy?Sue Pike of York has worked as a researcher and a teacher in biology marine biology and environmental science for years. She teaches at York County Community College and St. Thomas Aquinas High School.
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