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.
Today's birds descend from a small number of bird species living before the dinosaur extinction. Some of the birds that went extinct, the enantiornithines, were actually more common than and out-competed modern bird ancestors. Analysis of a newly described fossil, the most complete known from the Americas, demonstrates, too, that the enantiornithines were as agile […]
A warming climate is pushing organisms towards the circumpolar areas and mountain peaks. A recently conducted study on changes in bird populations reveals that protected areas slow down the north-bound retreat of species.
The physical presence of trails has less impact on forest birds than how frequently the trails are used by people, finds the first study to disentangle the effect of forest trails from the presence of humans. This is also the case when trails have been used for decades, suggesting that forest birds do not get […]
