Birding Column: Appreciating Non-Native Ducks and Geese
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While "serious" birders in the U.S. disdain non-native ducks and geese, one birding columnist enjoys observing the many species that have made California their home.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 24--CONYNGHAM TWP. -- It took only a glance for Barry Bloss to identify the large bird he saw soaring along the Susquehanna River late last year.
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A vulnerable British bird has experienced an extraordinary population revival, figures have shown.
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By WES SMALLING  Wes:  Plucking geese beats shoveling snow  Now that duck-hunting season is finally over I can catch up on some lost sleep. No more getting up a half-hour before I went to bed to drive on icy roads to squat in a frozen pond.
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By Sean Boone, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Jun. 23--A recent annual sighting analysis from the Audubon Society of Florida reports that many of our indigenous state birds are drastically declining in numbers.
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Two of the world's most-famous birds  will be home for the holidays after all.
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Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have  flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a  rare falcon that appears to have made a wrong turn, ended up  half a world away and may never find its way home.
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Imperiled seabirds worldwide have benefited from the restoration techniques pioneered in Eastern Egg Rock, Me.
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By Mustaffa Babjee  THE tranquility of Janda Baik is shared with a variety of exotic plants, blooming flowers and chirping birds. But this village could lose its rustic charm if there is no concerted effort at conservation, writes MUSTAFFA BABJEE.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 3--DURHAM -- A great egret is back in the wild after a few weeks of R&R courtesy of the Piedmont Wildlife Center.   The bird, which tends to be coastal and not found this far inland, was seen dangling from a tree Jan.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky reveals the effectiveness of a concealed location for viewing birds, as he describes the behavior of quail and jays in his yard.
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By John Biemer, Chicago Tribune  Dec. 18--In their annual migration south for the winter, most birds don't fly commercial.
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By RELMA HARGUS  A Thanksgiving trip Keri Bryan and her family took to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas brought them into the presence of a record number of wild whooping cranes.  Whooping cranes have been endangered for years.
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Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a rare falcon that appears to have made a wrong turn, ended up half a world away and may never find its way home.
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BHARATPUR, India  - For years, tourists have come to India's Keoladeo Ghana National Park to gaze at shimmering, bird-flocked wetlands stretching to the horizon.
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By Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 4--It is a stirring sight that has awed Wisconsinites for six years now: an ultralight aircraft aloft in the fading sunlight, leading endangered whooping cranes from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on their maiden migration south.
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Wisconsin's dramatically increased Canada goose flock is laying problems, not the fabled golden eggs. The majestic birds are nuisances &#151; at golf courses, parks and other places near water and lush with grass &#151; because of the mess they leave behind, not to mention their sometimes aggressive behavior.