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Brett Smith For RedOrbit.com After flinging onto the pop culture landscape in 2009, Rovio's Angry Birds are now going where no digital avian has gone before. Rovio’s “Angry Birds Space” game was downloaded over 10 million times during the first three days of its release, according to a tweet from the entertainment media company. The Finnish company began stepping up promotion for the new game back in February by releasing a teaser trailer that simply displayed the game’s title,...
Lawrence LeBlond for Redorbit.com All you bird-slinging, pig-crushing fans out there get ready as Rovio has finally released the latest installment of its hugely popular Angry Birds franchise: Angry Birds Space. The new Angry Birds Space app, now available on iPhone and iPad, is the biggest launch to date for Rovio, which partnered with NASA to announce the title in space. The new version will be highlighted by its newly remodeled characters, a new physics engine to account for the...
It’s March and already the chirps of winter birds have changed to songs that attract mates and define territories. Soon the migratory birds will be arriving to join them and begin their yearly nesting ritual. Back yard birders can help ensure the success of the next generation of wild birds by providing the five nesting-specific needs recommended by Duncraft. Concord, NH (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 It’s March and already the chirps of winter birds have changed to songs that attract mates...
Duncraft has the answers to the most common questions bird lovers have about feeding birds in their yards. Bird feeding is the second most popular hobby in the United States—right behind gardening. Not only the largest supplier of wild bird feeding and housing products, Duncraft is also a vast source of information on bird feeding—on Twitter, Facebook and Duncraft’s Wild Bird Blog. Concord, NH (PRWEB) March 06, 2012 1. What’s the best way to clean bird feeders? Duncraft recommends...
[ Watch the Video ] University of Miami biologist and his collaborators find that in some groups of birds close relatives enhance each other's mating success Certain kinds of male birds gather into small clusters of land called leks to perform their courtship dances, and according to science, who they choose to associate with matters. A new study by University of Miami Evolutionary Biologist J. Albert Uy and his collaborators finds that some male birds are better at attracting females...
There are many untruths associated with birds and bird feeding and they can be extremely persistent, regardless of the actual facts. Being in the wild bird feeding business, Duncraft hears them all! One amazing myth that persists is that hummingbirds migrate to South America by hitching rides on the backs of Canadian geese. Canadian geese don’t ever go to South America, much less carry a passenger on their way! Here, Duncraft gives the facts behind five more bird feeding myths. (PRWEB)...
Bird migration timing across North America has been affected by climate change, according to a study published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. The results are based on a systematic analysis of observations from amateur birdwatchers. This citizen science approach provided access to data for 18 common North American bird species, including orioles, house wrens, and barn swallows, across an unprecedented geographical region. The researchers, led by Allen Hurlbert of University of...
Sparrows, blackbirds and the great tit are all birds known to sing at a higher pitch (frequency) in urban environments. It was previously believed that these birds sang at higher frequencies in order to escape the lower frequencies noises of the urban environment. Now, researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aberystwyth have discovered that besides noise, the physical structure of cities also plays a role in altering the birds’ songs. Urban birds sing...
Duncraft Wild Bird Superstore, a major online retailer of wild bird feeding and housing products for bird lovers, embraces National Bird Feeding Month and offers these suggestions on how to help take care of winter birds. Concord, NH (PRWEB) February 21, 2012 In 1994, a resolution declaring February as National Bird Feeding Month was introduced into the Congressional Record by Illinois representative, John Porter. In his speech, the Honorable John Porter described to the Speaker of the...
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The Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) is a species of frigate bird. In nests in Australia, along with other locations. There is a single recording from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba. The Lesser Frigatebird or Least Frigatebird is said to be the most common and widespread frigate bird in the Australian seas. It’s common in tropical seas breeding on isolated islands, including Christmas Island located in the Indian Ocean in recent years. These birds are most...
The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus), also known as the Savannah Vulture, is a species of bird belonging to the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture until they were separated in 1964. It can be found in Mexico, Central America, and South America in seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, heavily degraded former forests and swamps. It’s a large bird, with a wingspan of 59 to 65 inches. The...
The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was occasionally previously known as Man O’War or man of War, a reflection of its rakish lines, aerial piracy of other birds, and speed. It’s widespread in the tropical Atlantic, breeding colonially in the trees in Florida, the Caribbean and the Cape Verde Islands. In addition, it breeds along the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands, as well. It is known as a vagrant as far from its...
The Great Frigate bird (fregata minor) is a big dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Their major nesting populations are found in the Pacific, including the Galapagos Islands and the Indian Oceans, plus a population in the South Atlantic. This bird is a lightly built large seabird up to 105 cm in length with feathers that are mostly black. This species shows sexual dimorphism; the female bird is bigger than the adult male with a white throat and breast, and the male’s scapular...
A large member of the loon, or diver, family of birds, this species is well-known as the Common Loon in North America and the Great Northern Diver in Eurasia; its current name is a compromise proposed by the International Ornithological Committee. There are 5 loon species that make up the genus Gavia, the only genus of the family Gavidae and order Gaviiformes. The Great Northern Loon is only one of those 5 species. The Yellow Billed Loon or the While Billed Diver is a large black headed...
