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Common Eiders and Harlequin Ducks / USFWS PhotoNews and links about birds, birding, and the environment
- Scientists have found antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria in Arctic birds living in isolated locations. The resistant bacteria probably arrived in the Arctic via migratory birds.
- Botulism is killing thousands of birds around Lake Michigan. The disease may be spread through zebra mussels and round gobies that are eaten by many birds.
- A climatic atlas predicts that three-quarters of European bird species will see their ranges shrink due to climate change.
- North American bird ranges are also shifting northward.
- Gulls in some coastal areas of Spain show high levels of toxins in their blood. The toxins are linked to a oil spill in 2002.
- A species of nematode found in Peru reproduces by inducing infected ants to display themselves for birds to eat and then hatching eggs in the resulting bird droppings.
- This year's flock of young whooping cranes has reached its winter home in Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.
- The Laysan Duck had a productive breeding season in 2007. There are now about 200 of the species in the Midway Atoll NWR.
- The seafood company responsible for 23 bald eagle deaths has apologized for the incident.
- 2007 and 1998 are tied as the second-warmest years on record. (The warmest was 2005.)
- BESGroup: Scratching on the wing
- Towheeblog: The physics of puffery
- BirdCouple: What are we feeding them?
