Brightly Coloured Bills Indicate Good Health for Female Birds

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Night Parrot in the news again

Confirming rumours that have been circulating now for a few weeks, there has been a claimed sighting of Night Parrot from an undisclosed location in north-west Victoria. The lucky observer is an office-holder with Birdlife Australia and boasts over 30 years experience in the field. However, don’t get too excited: this report is now many … Read more

Yossi Leshem in Taiwan

Up to half a billion birds fly over Israel on their spring and autumn migrations. I very much doubt any fly on to southeast Asia.However, Yossi Leshem’s work in preventing birdstrike is renowned. Since it began, Israel hasn’t lost a single plane (yet alone human life) to this problem. Being such a small country, Israel … Read more