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How to keep house sparrow nests out of bluebird boxes

“What should I do to keep house sparrows from tormenting wrens and bluebirds? Should I take the birdhouses down?” asks Ruth ...

Hidden nest cameras debunk long-standing myth about how cuckoos lay their eggs

An international team of ornithologists has overturned one of the oldest assumptions in natural history by directly ...
InForum

One man's mission to bring the music of loons back to Otter Tail County

Steve Slatten, a Fergus Falls man with a summer lake home on Battle Lake, built a floating loon nest in hopes of restoring ...

It’s a sing‑off! Myth‑busting about birds and sex when it comes to defending the nest

Males aren’t the only angry birds defending their territory. A clever test finds which songbirds step up to fight off ...
ZME Science

Endangered Parrot Missing Half His Beak Invents a New Fighting Style to Become the Undisputed Alpha Male

Patrick Wood/University of Auckland. At New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, an endangered kea parrot named Bruce sits ...
KMUW

Bird populations are shrinking faster in agriculture hotspots — including the Midwest, study finds

New research out of Ohio State University found the rate of bird decline was quicker in areas with more intense agricultural ...
WLOX

Court calls nesting birds a nuisance for neighbors, homeowners feel pressure to move birdhouses

HARAHAN, La. (WWL) - A municipal court in Louisiana told a bird enthusiast that the purple martins nesting in his backyard are causing a nuisance for neighbors. Ever since he was a little boy, Andrew ...