California condors are found to form throuples to help with incubating and feeding chicks 

Feathered threesomes: California condors are found to form throuples with one female and two males to help with incubating and feeding chicks Condors is North America’s largest bird and is also an endangered species Parks in the US have created programs to help the population recover Officials started tagging them over the years and noticed they … Read more

Birds that live in towns and cities are having more chicks because light pollution

Birds living in urban areas have more chicks than those in the country because of light pollution prompting them to lay eggs earlier in the year, study finds. Researchers from California Polytechnic State University based examined data collected by the public on 58,506 nests from 142 species across North America. They found that urban birds are … Read more

Photo shows the moment a male Kingfisher tried to help mate with her food delivery for the chicks

Incredible photo shows the moment a male kingfisher tries to help mate with her food delivery for their chicks Split-second rare image taken by pensioner Diana Knight in Lincolnshire in July Shows moment caught kingfisher parents exchanging isfh catch for their chicks   Kingfishers are notoriously difficult to photograph in flight due to high speed By Chloe … Read more

Eleven rare peregrine falcon chicks hatch at National Trust sites

Eleven rare peregrine falcon chicks have hatched and are fledgling at four National Trust sites around the country.  Three peregrine chicks have been reared at the 12th century Corfe Castle in Dorset, while another eight chicks are being cared for at National Trust sites in the Peak District.  National Trust staff suspect the adult birds moved … Read more

Dixie Chicks break silence to reveal why they dropped ‘Dixie’ from their name

Dixie Chicks name change explained: Band break silence to reveal they wanted to ‘separate’ themselves from ‘people who wave the Dixie flag’ The country pop group formerly known as the Dixie Chicks have explained why they changed their name in a New York Times interview  Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Strayer told the … Read more

Dixie Chicks change name to The Chicks and announce BLM support

The Dixie Chicks have quietly changed their name, dropping the word Dixie, and rebranded as The Chicks on Thursday. Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Strayer changed their band’s social media handles to The Chicks but released no statement about the new moniker. The group also declared their support for the Black Lives Matter … Read more

First white stork chicks born in Britain for 600 years peer out of their nest for first time

Beak-a-boo! First white stork chicks born in Britain for 600 years peer out of their nest for first time in historic sighting Pictures show the chicks at their parents’ nest at Knepp Castle in West Sussex  The baby birds were born earlier this month as a result of the White Stork Project The project is … Read more

Two Houston cops lead chicks on mission to find their mother

Cracking the case! Two Houston cops lead chicks on mission to find their mother during the Easter weekend Cute video shows Houston Police Sgt. Engelhart encountering a group of little chicks walking down a sidewalk in Memorial Park on Saturday Sgt. Engelhart helps to line up the birds and lead them on a search mission … Read more

Two hawks from different species mated to create rare hybrid chicks, baffling experts

Two hawks from different species mated to create a rare hybrid, baffling experts who say the cross would be similar to a house cat coupling with a jaguar Researchers in Sonoma County observed two distant hawk species procreate The hawks were not just different species but entirely different genera Other animals sometimes mate across species … Read more

Birds thrive in towns by having big brains or lots of chicks, study finds

To thrive in urban environments birds need to either develop large brains like seagulls or have more offspring like pigeons, a study finds.  Researchers from the University of Gothenburg say big brains or lots of offspring are the two strategies that are key to survive in an unnatural environment.  The team say a number of … Read more