Tag: birds
Environment: harpies are threatened – knowledge
In Greek mythology, harpies personify the storm winds. According to Hesiod, the sea god Thaumas married Okeanus’ daughter Elektra. She then gave birth to two harpies, Okypete and Aello, “which…
Bird extinction: Red List is getting longer – Knowledge
Then he’ll be gone, the turnstone. Probably forever. The pretty beach bird no longer exists in Germany. The sucker falcon is also history: in the new Red List of breeding…
Bearded vulture: stomach acid “as hot as battery acid” – Bavaria
Bearded vultures are tough. That’s why Wally and Bavaria didn’t mind the first big hot spell of the year. “Of course the rock niche at the top of the Knittelhorn…
Environment: How plants move in the stomach of migratory birds – Knowledge
On their way to their summer or winter quarters, migratory birds fortify themselves with fruits; The seeds remain in their stomachs during the flight, which the animals transport over long…
Three months suspended sentence for a “collector” of protected birds
He held nearly 250 illegally stuffed specimens – OFB He was sentenced. A collector from the Nice region who owned a thousand stuffed birds, including nearly 250 specimens illegally detained,…
Be nice, let the little birds of prey that have fallen from the nest in the wild
Young owls (illustration). – Keith R. Crowley Caters N SIPA As the hatchlings fall from their nests, the Lot Bird Protection League warns against the temptation to pick them up.…