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Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike

Birds fly around as others sit on a pier damaged by Hurricane Ike Thursday Oct. 2 2008 in Gilchrist Texas. One of North Americas renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. (AP PhotoDavid J ...

Beaches Once Thick with Birds Quiet Thanks to Ike

Birds fly around as others sit on a pier damaged by Hurricane Ike Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008 in Gilchrist, Texas. One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike

Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike

"We had red-winged blackbirds, sparrows, a bunch of migrating birds," recalled Ernest Stone, 75, leaning on his cane and surveying debris on the cratered moonscape that used to be the family beach house on Bolivar Peninsula.

Beaches once thick with birds quiet thanks to Ike

" recalled Ernest Stone, 75, leaning on his cane and surveying debris on the cratered moonscape that used to be the

Fewer birds means big loss to the world

Dwindling numbers of birds worldwide are a sign that governments are failing to keep promises to slow damage to nature by 2010, an international report said on recently. Rising human populations and clearance of forests for farming or biofuels were wrecking natural habitats, according to the study by Birdlife International, which groups experts in more than 100 conservation bodies worldwide. Even common birds, such as doves or skylarks in Europe, were becoming scarcer in a worrying sign of wider upsets to nature. Birds are among the best researched of all wildlife and are a barometer of the environment.

'Multilingual' birds learn foreign alarm calls

Birdwatchers are all too aware that when a bird of one species spots a hawk and squawks an alarm, birds of other species fly for cover. What was unknown was whether this multilingual ability was "hard-wired" or whether birds learned the alarm calls of other birds on the job.

Winners and Finalists of Assignment 33 - Birds

We learned a lot about getting great bird photographs and our members put their new knowledge into action. From starlings to herons to ospreys to hummingbirds our members captured a huge variety of birds for the birds assignment. Every type of bird shot you can think of (real birds that is) was captured, from portraits to frozen motion to behavior shots.

Birds Around Texas Coast Scarce Due To Ike

The coastal devastation from Hurricane Ike has caused one of North America's renowned bird migration and watching areas to become strangely silent.

Early birds do best with changing climate

Birds that haven't adjusted to the realities of a warming world are worse off than their more flexible counterparts, according to a first-of-a-kind study directly linking population declines in birds to climate change.

Once is Nothing: Brussel Biennale 1-Brussels Biennial 1

BAK, basis voor actuele kunst and Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven participate in the inaugural Brussels Biennial with a project titled /Once is Nothing/. BAK and Van Abbemuseum, who were invited among other institutions from the Eurocore region to contribute to the Biennial, bring in questions dealing with memory, continuity, and repetition in /Once is Nothing/, thus engaging in a dialogue on the divergent concerns of art institutions and the institution of a contemporary art biennial. Exhibition venue: former Post Sorting Centre, Gare Bruxelles-Midi, Avenue Fonsnylaan 48, 1060 Brussels

Male Birds Make Themselves Happy By Singing To Females

The melodious singing of birds has been long appreciated by humans, and has often been thought to reflect a particularly positive emotional state of the singer. In a new study published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on October 1, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have demonstrated that this can be true. When male birds sang to attract females, specific "reward" areas of their brain were strongly activated. Such strong brain activation resulted in a similar change in brain reward function to that which is caused by addictive drugs.

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Singing to females makes male birds' brains happy

The melodious singing of birds has been long appreciated by humans, and has often been thought to reflect a particularly positive emotional state of the singer. In a new study published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on October 1, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have demonstrated that this can be true. When male birds sang to attract females, specific "reward" areas of their brain were strongly activated. Such strong brain activation resulted in a similar change in brain reward function to that which is caused by addictive drugs.

Bus-Sized Dinosaur Breathed Like Birds

A huge carnivorous dinosaur that lived about 85 million years ago had a breathing system much like that of today's birds, a new analysis of fossils reveals, reinforcing the evolutionary link between dinos and modern birds.

Feds propose listing 48 Hawaiian species at once

The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Free Online Legal Help Now Available for Hurricane Ike Victims

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to the broad range of legal problems resulting from Hurricane Ike, Texas legal aid organizations and the Houston Bar Association have developed an online resource to assist Texans affected by the disaster in obtaining free legal information. The new service, called LiveHelp, is available now and enables Hurricane Ike victims to conduct a live online chat with attorneys recruited by the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Attorneys will answer questions and also refer those seeking help to legal resources specific to FEMA appeals and other disaster-related issues.

Bird flu vaccine protects people and pets

A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds and mammals against different flu strains and can even be given to birds while they are still in their eggs, allowing the mass vaccination of wild birds.

Bird Flu Vaccine Protects People And Pets

A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds and mammals against different flu strains and can even be given to birds while they are still in their eggs, allowing the mass vaccination of wild birds.

Bird flu vaccine protects people and pets

A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds and mammals against different flu strains and can even be given to birds while they are still in their eggs, allowing the mass vaccination of wild birds.

Small Bird Astounds Scientists With 11,200km Flight

Zeb writes "Scientists are marveling over a small female bar-tailed godwit somewhere in New Zealand who has a world record for non-stop flying — an epic 11,200 kilometers. A major international study into the birds has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B and it offers an explanation as to why the godwits fly so far from Alaska to New Zealand in a single bound. The birds flew non-stop for up to and covered more than 11,200km. The flight path shows the birds did not feed en route and would be unlikely to sleep." The linked Wikipedia entry claims an even longer trip record, of 11,570 kilometers.

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