Birds and Tour Guide Slowly Return to Park
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By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 14--Wooded Island's "Bird Man" is back -- but that doesn't mean Doug Anderson now approves of measures taken to remove several hundred shrubs and small trees on the bird-lover's paradise.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble.
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Birdwatchers are descending on a rural area near this southern Wisconsin community following the sighting of what is believed to be a green-breasted mango, a type of hummingbird commonly seen in parts of Mexico and Central America.
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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Including the birds still in captivity, a species that had dwindled to 22 in 1982 -- prompting a decision to capture the entire population shortly thereafter -- now has grown to 246.
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Every spring, thousands of birds, some weighing a pound or less, set off on a journey of herculean proportions. They fly thousands of miles north, to breeding grounds in Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada and to U.S. destinations that include Alaska, Montana and North Dakota. Come September, they...
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Once hunted by the thousands, the band-tailed pigeon is in decline. Mathew Tekulsky writes of the joy of seeing five or six of these big birds on his backyard feeder.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 24--CONYNGHAM TWP. -- It took only a glance for Barry Bloss to identify the large bird he saw soaring along the Susquehanna River late last year.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 3--DURHAM -- A great egret is back in the wild after a few weeks of R&R courtesy of the Piedmont Wildlife Center.   The bird, which tends to be coastal and not found this far inland, was seen dangling from a tree Jan.
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Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have  flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a  rare falcon that appears to have made a wrong turn, ended up  half a world away and may never find its way home.
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A rare farmland bird which conservationists thought had almost died out returns to the Scottish Borders.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky recalls how American robins and other species visited his California yard for a few weeks in January, when a pyracantha bush produced its ripe berries.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists confirm.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- Bird counts for many common species nationwide - - including several found in Santa Clarita -- have shrunk by more than half in the past three decades, according to findings released recently.
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Some of the flying mammals find their way home by sensing Earth's magnetic field, just like migrating birds, new research suggests.
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By MICHAEL P. McKINNEY  Journal Staff Writer  BARRINGTON  -   Reports of sexual liaisons between men resuming at the Osamequin Nature Trail might lead to a pass system, such as a car sticker, for public access to the preserve.