Dutch Birding Association – the website is about the bimonthly journal Dutch Birding and all information about the WP and Dutch rarities and related subjects.
Deep Jungle Home – some creative ideas on converting unused or waste material into bird houses. By Setting up a birdhouse in your backyard or balcony you will be offering a safe nesting place for birds. With growing city boundaries and afforestation birds find it difficult to find a safe place to nest. By offering the same you will help the bird in survival. Make sure to plant native trees and plants as well.
Certain types of tapeworm make sticklebacks behave carelessly and thus become easier prey for birds. A team of biologists have now demonstrated for the first time that the tapeworm not only influences the behavior of the infected fish -- indirectly, it can also induce risky behavior in other fish in the group.
New research into Britain's fastest declining bird species has found that young turtle doves raised on a diet of seeds foraged from non-cultivated arable plants rather than food provided in people's gardens are more likely to survive after fledging. Ecologists investigated the dietary habits of European turtle doves using DNA analysis of faecal samples and […]
University of Guelph researchers found residues of the insecticides in the livers of wild turkeys, providing evidence that this common agrochemical is being ingested by free-ranging animals.
