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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 ...
Connecticut Post

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 ...
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Bird flu found in backyard flock in Ottawa County

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Officials have found highly pathogenic avian influenza — bird flu — in another poultry flock in Ottawa County. HPAI was found in a backyard flock Friday, state tracking ...
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 ...