News — birds
Neonicotinoid Imidacloprid Pesticide Kills Birds and Insects
People Help Baby Swallow
A baby barn swallow fell out of the nest onto the below bike path. First someone put stones and branches around it so it would not be run over. Then others moved it off the bike path and into the safety of the grasses. Advice It had feathers and could move its wings. I think it was just stunned by falling out of the nest. It was very neat the way its wings folded and moved. There was another swallow nearby just learning to flutter its wings and start flying.
Neat Updates and Stories about Birds
Good Thriller Books about Birds
Great Songbird Film – “The Messenger”
Amazing slow motion video of the movements of the wings and tail and body of songbirds. Then a chain of stories about threats of songbirds: cutting down the forests for timber, oil & gas drilling pads and pipelines; persistent neonicotinoid pesticides ; domestic cats attacking birds; windows; lights in skyscraper windows; and trapping for eating. It focuses on people studying and defending songbirds. Here are some actions to take.
Posted on January 6, 2016