The American Ornithological Society will begin its renaming initiative in 2024. Dozens of bird species will be renamed.
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Bird News
Bird flu infects Arkansas poultry as US cases rise | 1330 & 101.5 WHBL
Cases tend to increase during the spring and autumn migration of wild birds that transmit the virus, and infected poultry flocks are culled to prevent …
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Almost 50000 birds put down after highly pathogenic avian flu found in Marshall County | Alabama
ADAI and USDA are actively monitoring for the disease in commercial poultry operations, backyard flocks, live bird markets and in migratory wild bird …
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Watch Big Boi’s Pet Owl Get Spooked During Rapper’s Performance – Complex
Big Boi is an owl lover, and currently has four of the birds as pets: Tula, Simon, Whodini, and Hootie.
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Gene-edited chickens could stop bird flu – The Hindu
Premium. A gene editing breakthrough would stem the huge economic losses currently suffered as a result of bird flu outbreaks. November 03, 2023 05 …
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‘Why are we naming birds after people?’ Behind the plan to scrap many bird names
Adult male Wilson’s warbler (<em>Cardellina pusilla</em>) perched The Wilson’s warbler (Cardellina pusilla), named after the Scottish American …
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Precious Bird Who’s Been at Florida Pet Store for Over a Year Has People Gutted – Yahoo
A Florida resident named Lu came across a beautiful bird in a pet store that was up for sale. Though she couldn’t adopt the green-cheeked conure …
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Bird Flu Infects Arkansas Poultry as US Cases Rise – USNews.com
Avian flu has wiped out more than 60 million U.S. chickens, turkeys and other birds since 2022 and has spread to new parts of the world. Cases tend to …
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The Original Birders Gave Photography a Run for its Money – The New York Times
A color lithograph of two birds, whose feathers range from red to blue to yellow. Elizabeth Gould’s crimson rosellas (platycercus elegans), Volume 5, …
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Trumps in court, celebrities in costume, and SO many birds: It’s the weekly news quiz
This week, you’ll need to dredge up those memories to succeed at the quiz. Seemingly apropos of nothing, there was a surprising amount of bird and …
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