Posts tagged as Birds
We May Have To Sacrifice Kentucky In The War Against The Birds
They're just sitting there... WAITING. I don't like it one bit.
Birds Am Learn Grammar
"This study revealed that Bengalese finches can learn grammar and, furthermore, that their grammatical abilities involve a specific part of the brain region distinct from other brain regions involved in singing. This is similar to what neuroscientists understand about human language processing. If the tweets of birds can be roughly likened to strings of human words, and if birdbrains process songs in a way similar to how human brains process language, future research may tackle whether these animals possess other cognitive abilities once thought to be singularly characteristic of human intelligence." READ MORE
Architects Our Last Loyal Allies in the War Against Birds
"I don’t know of any architects out there who want to kill birds." READ MORE
Birds And Bon Iver And Bonnie Prince Billy
"If females can hear all song types equally well, they will go for the sexy ones, but if they cannot hear the sexy ones well anymore, then they might just go for the songs they can still hear. It could very well be that noise pollution is interfering with reproductive decisions by females." READ MORE
Birds Are Just Like Rappers, Apparently
"Chirping sparrows are actually trading insults like gangster rappers, a new study has shown. What sounds like harmonious song is really the noise of males trying to appear macho, say researchers. And, just like humans, most of the boasting and trading of insults is done to impress the girls." It goes on, but you get the point.
Plant Eats Tit
"A plant has killed and 'eaten' a blue tit at a garden nursery in Somerset. Nurseryman Nigel Hewitt-Cooper, from West Pennard, was inspecting his tropical garden when he discovered one of his pitcher plants had trapped the bird. He said he was 'absolutely staggered' to find it had caught the creature. It is believed to be only the second time such a carnivorous plant has been documented eating a bird anywhere in the world."
Do Not Mess With A Crow, Because It Won't Forget
It's not just me, this is creepy, right? "Crows remember the faces of 'dangerous humans,' with the memories likely lasting for a bird's lifetime. Crows may scold people who threaten them, bringing in relatives and even strangers to mob the person. The crows within mobs then indirectly learn about the person, so they too associate that individual's face with danger and react accordingly." READ MORE
British Birds Think They're British People
Utter avian craziness is happening in Britain's southeastern county of Kent. Not only is a "cheeky seagull" continually robbing a newsstand of the delicious potato chips within, but a parrot in a local pub is being verbally abusive to the customers: "People come in here and he will just blurt out **** off, ****** or *****! I considered covering the cage but that doesn't stop him. He doesn't like going upstairs he likes living in the bar. The more people in the pub the louder he gets.... If a punter tells Derby to shut up he just tells them to **** off." There are no reports of birds glassing anyone yet, but it is probably inevitable.
Killer Geese Population "Exploding"! Man Losing War Against Tasty Birds
The war on birds has been, let's face it, going poorly for some time now. Our bird gas chambers are not quite doing the trick. But! One man dares to fight on: Lee Humberg. READ MORE
It's June, Tropical Birds Are Taking Over New York City
Welcome to June. The month when it's already too hot. READ MORE
