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House finches hit by disease linked to bird feeders
RUSSELLVILLE — House finches, those numerous red-streaked and brown-streaked birds all over Arkansas, have been hit by an outbreak of a disease that may be spawned at bird feeders. Karen Rowe, nongame...
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Using falcons to scare off fruit-eating birds
To keep pesky birds away from his blueberries, veteran farmer Mark Flamm has blared recordings of avian distress calls, shot noisy “bird bangers” from a pistol and ordered an employee to shake a...
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The Birds Are Back! ‘Rat Island’ Renamed
When a ship arrived at an island in the North Pacific in the late 1700s, it brought more than cargo and splintered wood. It brought rats. These invasive mammals thrived on the island, eating up local...
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The tweet smell of birds nests: Scientists find birds feather their homes...
They may have been proven to cause cancer and smell out a home, yet for our feathered friends, the cigarette butts are a luxury item. A team of ecologists have found birds are stuffing the ends of cigs...
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Many Bird Species Exposed to “Eye Disease,” New Study Finds
“The results were shocking,” says André Dhondt, director of Bird Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “More than half the bird species we tested have been exposed to the bacteria...
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