Hi, thanks for accepting my request to join this group. My name is Julie, and I am a bird hobbiest in general. I am involved with wildlife rescue and rehab,...
Wed Aug 4, 4:25 PM ET (AP) - A close look at the brain of Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, has produced new evidence that the crow-sized creature could ...
Thanks! I just love this kind of stuff! Banshee is doing well. She is eating five adult mice nightly, although she is not self-feeding as well as I would like...
Julie, Thanks for the update on your barn owlet. I really hope your husband gets better soon, and wish him the best. Let me know if I can do anything to help. ...
Will & Geralyn, I am a bird rehabilitator, primarily songbirds and fishers. The Banshee bird (barn owlet) came to me from the animal shelter after she was...
Dear Group, I probably should have done this a long time ago, but for those of you who are curious, the following link will help you discover what is involved...
Thanks for this info!!! I'm just getting started with researching the Raptors and studying their habitat. What book would you recommend? Thanks Will ... ...
Hello, I raise fancy pigeons for education purposes for 10 years now. It's amazing how tame they become but nothing like a wild bird. I'm hoping this will...
Will, Since Pigeons are social birds and a prey species, and raptors are non-social predators, there is no real commonality between the two that could be...
thanks for your information!!!!!!!! ... From: Douglas Trapp To: raptorsinternational@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 11:34 AM Subject: [RAPTORS...
Well, I've run out of ideas so I thought I'd try here. It seems my house has become infested with mice and/or rats. They have stopped the main attack on our...
Dear Bridget, I am a wildlife biologist and also rehab raptors for our local agency. I raise or keep live mice for the rehabbing of the raptors. Every once in ...
Thu Aug 19, 3:23 PM ET By Greg Frost BOSTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. bird-lovers have flocked to a New England resort island to catch a glimpse of a rare...
HawkWatch International is pleased to announce a website and discussion group dedicated to reducing secondary lead poisoning in raptors. The goal of the...
Fri Sep 24, 8:50 PM ET By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Fourteen years after coming under federal protection, the northern spotted owl...
Hello all, The Annual Raptor Research Foundation meeting is being held in Bakersfield in conjunction with the California Hawking Club field meet from November...
LOCAL barn owls are starving to death in our persistent wet and windy weather. The World Owl Trust, (WOT), based at Muncaster Castle is becoming increasingly...
Wed Oct 6, 8:05 AM ET Science - Reuters By Ed Stoddard BANGKOK (Reuters) - The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble. An icon...
A barn owl has been stoned to death while sheltering in its nesting box in the Cotswolds. The "deliberate and callous" attack took place in a remote barn in ...
Do'es anyone have a half decent photograph and description on a Papuan Harrier (circus spilonotus spilothorax). I have a photographer friend here in Australia...
Just Published To find out more about this book and the conference (including over 160 abstracts) as well as WWGBP, the World Working Group on Birds of Prey &...
Ornithologists in the dark about mysterious decline of British owls By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor 20 October 2004 Mysterious, mournful, malevolent;...
Fri Oct 22, 4:17 PM ET Science - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists in China have found a 120 million- year-old fossil of a baby bird which is...
I just returned from the RRF meeting in Bakersfield, California. It was in conjunction with the California Hawking Club meet and I felt that was a great...
That's a beautiful bird. I am assuming it's yours from the show, Doug. Is it a male or female? How do you find the behavior of the LannerXSaker hybrid? ...
29 Nov 04 - First Flights Successful for both California Condor Chicks Wild-Hatched this Spring in Arizona The Thanksgiving holiday was truly a time of thanks...
Bridget, Yes, the pictured falcon is one of two I use in my show. They are both female, but this one is the only of the two that displays breeding behavior....
Some of you may remember Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York who became the subject of the book "Red-Tails in Love". His nests, females, and...
Bridget, You may be biased, but you are among friends. My rehab barn owl (Banshee) came from habitat destruction - she was in a lumber barn, bulldozed without...