Video: Bird Costumes, Ultralight Planes Enlisted to Save Whooping Cranes
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Take flight with the majestic whooping crane, and watch as scientists dress up as "mama bird" to help save the species from extinction.
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Â· Zoo birds culled after complaints about noise Â· Horrified locals side with animal rights activists
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Confused by lights, rare birds that navigate by the moon are losing their way. Now a lights-out law aims to save them from extinction.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky reveals the effectiveness of a concealed location for viewing birds, as he describes the behavior of quail and jays in his yard.
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By Tom Uhlenbrock  Editor's note  This story was written before 17 whooping cranes were killed in severe Florida storms recently. The birds were part of Operation Migration, a project to restore a migrating flock from Wisconsin to Florida.
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Ultralight planes and 18 rare whooping cranes took flight on Thursday from Wisconsin, ushering in new milestones for Operation Migration.
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Thirteen endangered whooping cranes landed safely at a west-central Florida wildlife refuge Sunday morning, finishing a 64-day, 1,200-mile journey from Wisconsin to their wintering grounds.
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At this time of year, the world seems built for birds on the wing.
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For more than a decade, the Fifth Avenue hawks have brought a touch of the wild to Manhattan&#39;s concrete canyons. The raptors that captured the hearts of a city inspired a documentary, a book and reams of newsprint.
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By The Associated Press  MILWAUKEE - A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.
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NEW YORK -- A New York City Police Department helicopter with an ultra-sensitive radiation detector affixed to its tail whipped through a wintry sky over Lower Manhattan last month, hunting block by block through the concrete canyons of Wall Street for a black SUV containing the components of a h...
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Introducing birdcinema.com, a YouTube for birdwatchers.
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The largest bird known to have taken to the skies would have been a remarkable glider, scientists say.
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In 60 years, bird-watchers have caught just one fleeting glimpse of an ultra-rare woodpecker. Now a robot is joining the hunt. By Brendan Borrell.
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A zoo in the Gulf has bred a bird which is threatened by the fast pace of development in the region.
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At the closely guarded Republican National Convention, even the Fujifilm Blimp has a role in security. Fuji Photo Film USA Inc., the Valhalla, N.Y.-based U.S. arm of the Japanese film maker, is allowing the New York Police Department use of the blimp to bolster aerial patrols above Madison Square Garden.
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Utah flying munition caught on camera? Once in a while, something really interesting pops up on Google Earth, and we're obliged today to reader Christopher Wagner for pointing us the direction of this spendid find in the skies above Utah:â¦