Birds

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Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers

AP News 19 days ago

Wyoming Game and Fish agency sets wildlife protection guidelines for wind energy developers The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has released recommendations for protecting wildlife during wind energy development, including restrictions in sage grouse habitat and in big game winter range and ...

Bewick's Swans Begin Their Annual Migration From Arctic Russia

Getty Images 20 days ago

SLIMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Bewick's swans swim at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust on November 3, 2009 in Slimbridge, England. Bewick's Swans have begun their annual migration from Arctic Russia to the bird sanctuary, but experts have expressed concern at their ...

Pipeline company grants to help Ind. bird habitats

AP News 21 days ago

Pipeline company grants to pay for restoring, protecting Indiana bird habitats Seven new grants from a company building a huge natural gas pipeline will help protect bird habitats in Indiana. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Conservation Fund and energy industry ...

Northwest plane hits birds, lands safely in Minn.

AP News 24 days ago

Northwest flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas hits flock of pigeons, returns safely to Minn. A Northwest Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas has landed safely after hitting a flock of pigeons shortly after takeoff. No one was hurt. Melissa Scovronski, ...

Maple Leafs Sabres Hockey

AP News 24 days ago

Buffalo Sabres fans dress as penguins for Halloween during the first period of the NHL hockey game against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Buffalo, N.Y., Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Heupel) Copyright 2009 AP News

Trapping migratory birds on rise in Cyprus-group

Reuters Life! Online Report 34 days ago

PYLA RANGE, Cyprus (Reuters Life!) - A single talon ripped out of a bird is testament to an annual bloodbath in Cyprus, where songbirds are caught in their thousands to end up as expensive delicacies in the island's taverns. Wildlife groups estimate ...

Boulders Beach Penguins Enter The Molting Season

Getty Images 41 days ago

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 13: An African Rockhopper penguin sits on a rock after dark on the shoreline at 'The Boulders' in Table Mountain National Park on October 13, 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa. The penguins at Boulders are ...

Tough owl wrecks pickup truck, but survives crash

AP News 43 days ago

Tough owl survives after crashing into pickup truck, which needs a tow from Indiana highway Talk about one tough owl. Police in southern Indiana said a great horned owl flew through the pre-dawn darkness into the front of a moving Ford F-250 ...

DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped

AP News 50 days ago

EPA chooses $50 million plan to cap huge DDT deposit on ocean floor off Southern California Clean sand and silt will be used to cover a vast deposit of the pesticide DDT and toxic compound PCB on the ocean floor off Southern ...

Ball State Auburn Football

AP News 55 days ago

Auburn's golden eagle Nova flies before the start of an NCAA college football game between Ball State and Auburn on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Todd J. Van Emst) Copyright 2009 AP News

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