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glogdog:
Here is some Bird News and a "new development" in New York City:
http://www.audubon.org/news/bald-eagles-come-big-apple
Ginger52:
Pigeon power
A new University of Iowa study suggests similarity between how pigeons learn the equivalent of words and the way children do.
http://now.uiowa.edu/2015/02/pigeon-power
T40cfr403:
Well, this isn't good. The livers of apex predators, like bald eagles, around the world are loaded with flame retardants, which can be responsible for weird behavior and decreased reproductive success.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2015/feb/michigan2019s-bald-eagles-full-of-flame-retardants
glogdog:
--- Quote from: ginger52 on February 08, 2015, 02:59:47 PM ---Pigeon power
A new University of Iowa study suggests similarity between how pigeons learn the equivalent of words and the way children do.
http://now.uiowa.edu/2015/02/pigeon-power
--- End quote ---
What an interesting article, ginger. Thanks for sharing
--- Quote from: T40cfr403 on February 10, 2015, 02:42:18 AM ---Well, this isn't good. The livers of apex predators, like bald eagles, around the world are loaded with flame retardants, which can be responsible for weird behavior and decreased reproductive success.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2015/feb/michigan2019s-bald-eagles-full-of-flame-retardants
--- End quote ---
T40 - yet another example of how much impact humans can have on wildlife and not be aware of it. Thanks for briniging this to our attention.
glogdog:
gg - what am amazing young man Tristan Picotte is! What an interesting, inspiring article! I see him accomplishing wonderful things in his life and much in the name of saving species of animals. He is compassionate and understands the challenges our world creates with the environment and wildlife. I see him having a definite, positive, long-lasting impact, somehow in some way.
You and T-40 got me looking more closely at Environmental Health News and I zoned in on "Winged Warnings" articles. Here's something interesting to read about deformed beaks appearing in Chickadees in Alaska and how it could be caused by a new virus. I hope they figure this one out for the sake of the birds:
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2014/aug/wingedwarnings6deformed-chickadees
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