The stowaway bird was flown back to Las Vegas thanks to efforts by Avian Haven and Nevada wildlife officials.
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Posted inMaine, News
Beep beep! This roadrunner hitched a ride from Las Vegas to Maine
Avian Haven in Freedom is working with wildlife officials to get the bird native to the Southwest back to Nevada.
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Posted inNation / World
U.S. to resume enforcement of unlawful bird deaths by industry
The Biden administration is drafting rules to govern the killing of wild birds by industry and will resume enforcement actions against companies responsible for deaths that could have been prevented
Posted inNation / World, Outdoors
Birds of prey face global decline from habitat loss, poisons
A new analysis finds that 30% of 557 raptor species worldwide are considered near threatened, vulnerable or endangered or critically endangered.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
In northern Maine, forestry practices create shifting habitat for migrating songbirds
Nearly 30 years ago, a team of bird researchers came to conduct the first large-scale study of the impact of commercial forestry on bird populations. Now they’re back.
Posted inbPlus, Maine
Someone in Maine gunned down the last wild passenger pigeon
Though a captured bird remained alive in a zoo for another decade, nobody ever saw another wild passenger pigeon after a hunter shot one out of the sky in Bar Harbor in 1904.
Posted inMaine
Home is where the parrots are for Harmony couple
Marg and Fritz Buschmann started Siesta Sanctuary in harmony in 2006 to provide a home for parrots, which can live 80 years or more.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Waterville couple takes part in 120th annual Christmas Bird Count
Bird lovers and longtime watchers Jose and Lea Ramirez help to document populations and habitats, which helps wildlife organizations develop conservation strategies.
Posted inSports
Where art and science meet: North Yarmouth artist renders wildlife
Fresh off a residency at the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Michael Boardman wants to educate the public through his art about threats to breeding birds.
Posted inNation / World
North America has lost nearly 30% of its birds in 50 years, experts find
Scientists blame loss of habitat, pesticides, light pollution and even cats.