Feeding Pigeons With the Bird Lady
by Neil Steinberg (via The Chicago Sun-Times) Young Kang is not crazy. Yes, she speaks quickly. And yes, she has a heavy accent; she’s from South Korea. And yes, she feeds pigeons in Uptown, every day,...
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Noxious Pest Should Be Made to Take Flight
by Baz Blakeney (via The Melbourne Herald Sun) POETS have always waxed lyrical about birdsong, the melodic chirping of our feathered friends as they herald the dawn. Myna birds are a pest (Image...
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County Contracts with Falconer to Scare Off Migratory Gulls
by Tom Gascoyne (via Chico News & Reviews) Butte County has adopted a new way to discourage the thousands of California gulls that visit the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility every winter:...
View ArticlePitch to Leash and License Cats to Protect Birds Doesn’t Fly in Kamloops
by Michele Young, Kamloops Daily News (via The Province) A bird lover’s request for the City to keep cats under control didn’t fly with council Tuesday. Christina Mader wrote council asking that the...
View ArticleLoudoun County Animal Watch
via The Washington Post These were among cases received by Loudoun County Animal Services. For information on the county shelter’s hours and location, adoption and licensing, rabies clinics and...
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Beijing Reports First Human Case of H7N9 Bird Flu
via Straits Times Two women ride past the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control on April 4, 2013. A seven-year-old girl in Beijing has been infected with H7N9 bird flu, the state-run news...
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Flex-Track for Airport Bird Control
via Bird Barrier Image credit: Bird Barrier A municipal airport in the south drew up plans to renovate the building’s facade. The airport’s main sign already had Bird-Shock Flex-Track installed on it....
View ArticleCouncil Wins Support for Bird Control Bid
via ABC News An upper north South Australian council has been widely supported in its bid for help to control problem birds such as corellas and pigeons. It was one of several motions considered by the...
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Corps Running Out of Options for Vulture Control
by Joanne Bratton (via The Baxter Bulletin) Vultures continute to congregate at the Bull Shoals Dam and Powerhouse. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is applying for a permit to shoot them, although...
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Pigeon Politics: Leaders in Flight Differ from Bosses on Ground
By Brad Balukjian (via The Los Angeles Times) Researchers from Oxford University in England and Eötvös University in Hungary fitted pigeons with colorful backpacks and used computers to track their...
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