Suddenly Called to Serve: A Dove, a Hawk and a Loon
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If the abysmal reception so far for films about the war in Iraq is any indication, âDay Zeroâ is the last thing movie audiences will want to consume.
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A dog may be a man&#39;s best friend. But for some traumatized war veterans, parrots are proving even more of a help.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II shooed a dove - a symbol of peace - out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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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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It's a bad omen when one of America's national birds dies knocking out the power lines for 10,000 people
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Just a handful of corn, and the pigeons of St. Mark's Square swoop.
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The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble.
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CARLSBAD, N.M. - Handlers from across New Mexico and west Texas presented 350 breeds of pigeons during the Pecos Valley Pigeon Club's fall show, a rare opportunity for pigeon enthusiasts from around the region to gather.
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By Cheryl Chojnacki Daily Herald Correspondent  A natural hostess, you might say, Sue Harney always has a waiting feast for friends who visit - or at least for her winged friends, or those who wander into her yard on four legs.
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When several birds fell ill last year at Auburn University's respected raptor center, experts were shocked and puzzled by the explanation that the culprit was a lethal disease never seen before in birds of prey.
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By Jordan Robertson< Associated Press
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Sep. 12--The next 10 days or so may be all about hawks and other raptors, or birds of prey, if weather conditions are just right.
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THE LIVES lives of dozens of birds - including three rare avocet chicks - are in danger after an oil spillage polluted a North-East nature reserve.  Staff at WWT Washington Wetland Centre, on Wearside, were last night monitoring the water at Wader Lake after oil was found.
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Like the famed ivory-billed woodpecker, my perfect running shoe is hiding. I have been as methodical and patient as those champion bird-watchers in my search. All I have to show for it is the orthopedic version of a fuzzy photograph. Flashes of greatness have flown from my feet in some shoes. But only for brief moments, and maybe they weren't even real....
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For more than a decade, the Fifth Avenue hawks have brought a touch of the wild to Manhattan&#39;s concrete canyons. The raptors that captured the hearts of a city inspired a documentary, a book and reams of newsprint.