Bird Watching News

Kinmen, June 17 Taiwan's outlying island of Kinmen County is a bird watchers' paradise because of its many species and its importance as a stop for migratory birds, Masahiro Hashimoto, president of the Osaka branch of the Wild Bird Society of , said Monday.

The walking tour combines bird watching with the opportunity to learn about how the structure and composition of vegetation influence a habitat's suitability.

The Fremont Tribune reports that the event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

The EU has cut aid to the west African country experiencing a tourism boom, where executions happen apparently at random Sun-seekers are attracted by Gambia's fabulous beaches, bird-watching and haunting kora music.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

Join the Pilchuck Audubon Society for guided bird walks coming up in June. See the website, pilchuckaudubon.org , or call 425-252-0926 for more information.

Want to get chummy with a chickadee? There's an app for that. But is it good for the birds? Last April I was leading a group of beginning birders along a trail beside the Arkansas River, helping them learn to spot and identify some of the dozens of species present on this beautiful spring morning.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

Normally the Kathy Butler ranch is calm and serene, sitting peacefully at the edge of the San Juan National Forest on Boggy Draw.

These are simply reminders to the public not to leave food or water for a female Oriental Pied hornbill, known to locals as Faridah, currently nesting in Piasau Camp, Miri.

Ahead of the announcement of the 2013 Miles Franklin award, we revisit the shortlisted novels.

It's such a perfect name for a new restaurant in Bodega Bay, it's a wonder it hasn't been snapped up before.

As part of the 2013 Woodie Wheaton Land Trust Summer Speaker Series/Field Trips, Marion will be taking us on a guided tour where we will locate and identify many different species of birds.

African glossy starlings change color more than 10 times faster than their ancestors and even their modern relatives, according to researchers at The University of Akron and Columbia University.

Yellowstone National Park P.O. Box 168 Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2013 13-035 Yellowstone and the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center staff will celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 18, with free programs and a field trip that are open to the public.

Durban - Assorted bird warblings and whistlings. Then a sigh and smile at the sound of a close cry of a fish eagle.

I'm not a bird-watcher in the true sense of the word. I don't go around hiding in bushes, hoping for a glimpse of the twice-speckled, rufous-sided twinkle-toed thrush.

Here we are, bird-watching and dreaming of that trip we recently made to a jungle.

When I told my non-birding friends that I would be bird watching at a place called Skunk's Misery and would then go to "lagoons" to look for shorebirds, they shuddered, but they missed out on a solid day of birds and butterflies.

Graduate student Thomas Savage envisions a sustainable hostel to house both birds and water sports enthusiasts in Blyth A student from Northumbria University has envisioned a sustainable hostel to house both birds and water sports enthusiasts in Blyth on the northeast coast of England.