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Strange bird tornado explained: What caused weird migration pattern

Image via Getty Images No, that's not a weather pattern. It's a flock of bird moving in a strange way. In Wyoming, residents ...
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Wild birds around feeders can raise risk near coops and what to change without overreacting

Backyard bird feeders bring color and movement to a yard, but they also change how wild birds move around your property. If ...
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Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations

A shape-shifting flock of thousands of starlings, called a murmuration, is amazing to see. As many as 750,000 birds join together in flight. The birds spread out and come together. The flock splits ...
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The Pecking Order: How Chickens Decide Who’s Boss

If you don’t have your own backyard flock, you may not believe that the chicken pecking order is real, let alone that it’s ...
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For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The late Oxford University biologist William D. Hamilton discussed the advantages of ...
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Wasatch Back volunteers support century of research at annual Christmas Bird Count

Around 30 birders from the Wasatch Back and beyond teamed up to collect data on local species during the annual Christmas ...

Meet Vulturine Guinea Fowl: This bird uses light to look blue instead of pigment

The vulturine guinea fowl’s electric blue feathers are not pigments. Scientists reveal how microscopic structures manipulate ...
Times Union

For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joan Strassmann, Washington University in St. Louis (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked ...