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Rebekah Eliason for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Bumblebees like to make their nests in holes insulated with plant materials. Freshly built bird nests can provide the perfect homes for bees, and they frequently invade newly made bird nests and take them over as their own. But how does a tiny bumblebee scare away a bird many times its size, and how does it choose which nest to invade? Piotr Jablonski and his colleagues from the Laboratory of Behavioral Ecology and Evolution at...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Nest Learning Thermostat, created by the “Father of the iPod,” heats and cools homes by studying a family’s behaviors and movements. If a person bumps the thermostat down before work in the morning and cranks it back up when they get home, the Nest will soon mimic this behavior and adjust itself automatically. The Nest also works with a companion iPhone and web app which allows users to adjust their thermostats while...
NASA When a strong thunderstorm recently blew through NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two eagles landed -- falling to the ground along with their nest. Fortunately, ecologists at the spaceport, who take great care to track the birds and protect their habitat, stepped in and rescued the eaglets. Kennedy is a nesting area for numerous bald eagles. Space center employees and visitors alike enjoy watching their majestic flights overhead. Besides being the national bird of the United...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- If you are interested in connecting with wildlife in your own backyard, beginning Monday, Jan. 28, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will be selling bluebird nesting boxes at its Harrisburg headquarters at 2001 Elmerton Avenue. The boxes sell for $10.60 (includes sales tax), and customers can select from assembled boxes or kits that can be assembled as a wood-working project. "Bluebirds are early nesters, so now is the time to...
The guide, which is available to consumers at no charge, helps to educate people on how to select high quality bird nests. Singapore (PRWEB) January 15, 2013 Pureness Bird’s Nest, a company that sells high quality bird nests and features in-depth information about the bird nest industry, is now offering consumers a free bird nest buyer’s guide. The new guide is easily downloaded by clicking on a link located on the company’s website. The comprehensive guide features pointers and...
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Speculation about how animals will respond to climate change due to global warming led University of Illinois researcher Patrick Weatherhead and his students to conduct a study of ratsnakes at three different latitudes—Ontario, Illinois, and Texas. His findings suggest that ratsnakes will be able to adapt to the higher temperatures by becoming more active at night. "Ratsnakes are a species with a broad...
Cell Press It's always a good idea to listen to your mother, but that goes double for baby fairy-wrens even before they are hatched. If those fairy-wren babies want to be fed, they need to have a password—a single unique note—taught to them by their mothers from outside the egg. The nestlings incorporate that password right into their begging calls, according to researchers who report their discovery online on November 8 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. This...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The Nest thermostat, created by the “Father of the iPod,” Tony Fadell, has made its way across the Internet as something of an oddity. It’s a gadget as beautiful as it is helpful, learning the way a family cools and heats their house, to ultimately one day be able to mimic these patterns without human interaction. It does this job with elegance, a simple black, round knob with silver bezel and a small, LED display, and can even...
Duncraft offers an impressive selection of bird houses both for specific birds and multi-functional houses that will work for many birds. Although a house may not have every recommended feature and can still be perfectly serviceable, Duncraft offers these tips on the best things to look for when purchasing a bird house. Concord, NH (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Duncraft offers an impressive selection of bird houses both for specific birds and multi-functional houses that will work for many birds....
A male robin will be more diligent in caring for its young if the eggs its mate lays are a brighter shade of blue. Queen’s University biology professor Bob Montgomerie has been studying robins on and off for 25 years and has a particular fascination with the bright blue color of their eggs. To test a theory on the purpose of bright egg coloration, Dr. Montgomerie and MSc student Philina English, working at the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) and other sites around...
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The Bufflehead, (Bucephala albeola), is a species of sea duck of the goldeneye family. It was first described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Anas albeola. This is a migratory species with most populations wintering in protected coastal waters, or open inland waters on the east and west coasts of North America as far south as the southern United States. It is an extremely rare vagrant to western Europe. Their breeding habitat is wooded lakes and ponds in Alaska and Canada, almost exclusively included...
Maiasaura, meaning "good mother lizard", is a genus of dinosaur from the Campanian age of the Upper Cretaceous Period (74 million years ago). It lived in what is now the state of Montana in the United States. It was discovered by paleontologist Jack Horner, whom was a paleontology advisor for the Jurassic Park movies. It was also co-discovered by Robert Makela. The dinosaur was named after finding a series of nests with egg and hatchling remains at Egg Mountain, in rocks of the Two Medicine...
The White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) lives in the woodlands across much of North America. It is a small, stocky songbird which measures 5"“6 inches long. Its wingspan is 8-11 inches in width, and it has a powerful bill and strong feet but only weighs in at 0.64"“1.06 ounces. The approximate lifespan of this particular nuthatch is two years, but it has been recorded to live as long as twelve years and nine months. Currently there are approximately 10 million individual...
The Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) is a species of tyrant flycatcher. They are found in open areas across North America. They are migratory and travel in flocks to over-winter in South America. The adult is gray-black on the upperparts and lighter on the underparts. The tail is long and black with a white end and long pointed wings. The crown has a red patch and is seldom seen. The call is a high-pitched chirp. This bird will sit on an open perch and fly out to catch insects in...
The Australian Painted-snipe (Rostratula australis) is a species of wading bird native to Australia, though its distribution is scattered and any particular area is unpredictable. It was previously very common in the Riverina. Its habitat includes shallow, freshwater wetlands with thick cover of low vegetation. When conditions becomes unsuitable, it will wander elsewhere. The species has significantly declined during the 20th century and is now rare throughout its range. Wetland drainage,...
