A rare-bird sighting in Riverhead sparks an ornithological frenzy

A common cuckoo — which is anything but common in the United States — appeared for a few days, then vanished. Interest from ...
Seacoastonline

European bird, rarely seen in US, spotted in Portsmouth

The sighting turned out to be a white whale-level discovery. Tucker found a European common cuckoo, a bird never before ...
The Gazette

A European bird invasion

Many familiar birds of the urban environments represent species that were introduced from outside of North America. In Iowa, these include rock pigeon, European starling and house sparrow, which was ...
Star Tribune

The four most common birds in the world — all live in Minnesota.

The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...
Phys.org

European birds with narrow climate tolerance face population declines

New research suggests conservation efforts could more effectively identify and protect bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of specific conditions they ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Birds Are Beeping and Booping like R2-D2. Their Mimicked Sounds Are Helping Unlock the Secrets of Avian Communication

Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...
WUNC

European conservationists are teaching endangered birds how to migrate

Conservationists in Europe are trying to figure out how to do that with an endangered bird, the northern bald ibis. Johannes Fritz is one of them. He is a biologist based in Austria. JOHANNES FRITZ: ...
Forbes

How Intensive Farming Practices Are Wiping Out Europe’s Wild Birds

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) amongst wheat, Ile de France, France. House sparrow populations have been halved throughout Europe in the past 40 years. There are many factors contributing to the ...