Tag: Birds
Making hot sauce and working to save wetlands
AVERY ISLAND, La. — As storms grow more violent and Louisiana loses more of its coast, the family that makes Tabasco Sauce is fighting...
Waddling into view are the stars of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’
NEW YORK — They arrive every year in their snazzy black and white tuxedos, causing traffic jams and clamoring for quality real estate.
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For love of birds: Backyard sleuths boost scientists’ work
WASHINGTON — Georgetown University ecologist Emily Williams first became fascinated with birds not because of their beauty, or their sweet songs. She was riveted...
Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then...
Scientists hail golden age to trace bird migration with tech
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then...
3,000 eggs abandoned after drone scares birds in California
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Some 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a Southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off...
In Iraq’s iconic marshlands, a quest for endangered otters
CHIBAISH, Iraq — “Don’t move a muscle.” His command cut across the reeds rustling in the wind. On a moonlit embankment several kilometers from...
Man charged with killing parakeet in Detroit-area pet shop
ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A man has been charged after authorities said he stomped a parakeet to death inside a Detroit-area pet shop.
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Chicago fire crew rescues parrot from office building ledge
CHICAGO — The Chicago Fire Department didn’t have to raise a ladder to rescue a cat from a tree over the weekend, but firefighters...
DNR: Dead swans at NW Indiana lake died from parasitic worms
HAMMOND, Ind. — Wild swans found dead last winter along a lake that straddles the Indiana-Illinois border succumbed to infections caused by parasitic worms,...
