Fall Migration Opened August 15 and Most Window Strikes Happen in Daylight
BirdCast’s fall Lights Out window opened August 15. Cornell and ABC say most strikes happen in daylight, and hundreds of millions occur at ordinary homes.
A Wiltshire Woman Got Her Missing Cockatiel Back And Realized He Was Somebody Else’s Bird
Poppy swore and tore at the wallpaper. The bird handed back to Freda Ireland four weeks later sang Twinkle Twinkle, and someone 70km away was watching.
Cockatiel Screaming: Why It Starts and How to Stop It
Cockatiel screaming usually starts as contact calling, and the obvious responses reward it. What it means at dawn, when it signals illness, what to reward.
A Thirteen-Year-Old Went Into The Water After A Tangled Alameda Pelican And Police Asked Where He Learned That
Alameda police could not reach a pelican snarled in fishing line and hooks. One of the boys watching from the dock went into the water after it.
Budgie Molt: What’s Normal and What Needs a Vet
A budgie molt runs symmetrically, left and right together. Patchy loss, clubbed feathers or a fledgling that never feathers properly mean something else.
A Brisbane Galah Vanished From Her Home And Was Found Sunbathing On A Ship Bound For New Zealand
Harri had been gone eleven days when a captain three days out of Australia noticed a pink and grey bird sunning itself on deck. Her family had given up.
How to Find a Lost Bird: The First 48 Hours
Escaped birds land high and close, and clipped wings do not keep them home. The search order that works, and who to call before the first day is out.
A Virginia Cockatoo Had Been Blind For A Decade Until A Camera Caught What He Said Next
Boo had seen only shadows for about ten years. A veterinary team in Raleigh gave the 40-year-old cockatoo his sight back, and a camera was running.
Bird Pin Feathers: What They Are and What to Do
A pin feather is a new feather with live blood inside the shaft. How to spot one, why your bird flinches, and what to do in the two minutes after it breaks.
A Manhattan Cockatiel Vanished Before Hurricane Irene And His X-Ray Showed What He Had Been Eating
Josie escaped on Columbus Avenue two days before the storm reached New York. What the vet found four days later explained how he had stayed alive.