Bird Watching News

About 50 people gathered on an island in the middle of the Waitaki River on Saturday to "celebrate the magnificence" of the Waitaki River.

Down Home: Listen to Dalton Robertsa s podcast on how he was moved to write a tribute song to the Cherokees.

A gunman is being hunted by police after a swan was found shot dead at a Sheffield nature reserve.

I have been an on-again, off- again bird watcher since I was a child whose parents took country drives looking for birds, dragging their children along.

Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. Edited by Billy Collins, paintings by David Allen Sibley.

DRY TIMES: Egrets walking around in the drained out lake bed. Imran Khan BANGALORE: Bird watchers of the city were in for a surprise on a Sunday morning, when they found their favourite lake, Kommaghatta, drained and empty.

IN THE LAP OF NATURE: A bird-watching tower set up on a tree in the Mangalavanam Bird Sanctuary in Kochi.

With winter fast approaching, now is the ideal time to take a moment and think of our feathered friends.

City workers have been busy making improvements to Buddy Stewart Park located near Lake Pat Cleburne, said Max Robertson, Cleburne parks and recreation director.

RARE BIRD: A Malabar grey hornbill photographed during the bird race. The presence of avifauna with dry lands as their natural habitat is increasing across the State, which points to a possible desertification of large parts of wetlands, according to a report of the Kerala Bird Race-2009 held here on Sunday.

Posted November 15, 2009, 8:31 a.m. As a dog, I'm not that fussy about where we go walking, but please for the love of all that's holy, just let's go somewhere.

MALACCA: This state may be renowned as an international tourist destination possessing modern trappings coupled with old world charm, yet little is known of its hidden jewel along the city's coastline that is a haven for thousands of migratory birds.

The silky flycatcher is a native of the most southern of the southwest U.S., including Arizona and California.

Developing tail feathers of an embryonic duckling, stained for expression of the gene Sonic Hedgehog .

Travis Meek, new blacksmith for the Crowley Museum and Nature Center will demonstrate the traditional art of blacksmithing 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov.

Identifying a bird can be challenging. Birds are active, energetic animals and you need a quick eye to spot as many details as possible in a short span of time.

With a little dramatic music, this could be a new direction for reality TV. Two new bird-watching cameras offer an up-close and personal look at feathered friends hanging around the feeder or kicked back in a favorite tree.

This fall, the kids and I have spent plenty of time walking in a local Ypsilanti Township wooded area.

ST ABBS Head is the scene of a pivotal moment in a book which has been lapped up by critics all over the UK.

After a day of wine drinking and bird watching, re-cork your unfinished bottle with this cool new and slightly unsettling Bird Claw Bottle Stopper .