The avifaunal diversity and density in Anekere wetland, Karkala, Udupi district, Karnataka, India, was studied for a period of three years. Anekere pond inhabits several local and migratory bird species. Reduction in water retention in this pond in summer, weed infestation, variations in food availability in different seasons and threat of predation on the breeding activity of birds affected th...

A local veterinarian, Environment Canada wildlife toxicologists and other wildlife researchers suspected pesticide poisoning, but the source was a mystery. Oddly, the poisonings occurred in winter, a time of minimal or no pesticide application. The strange timing, bizarre symptoms and large number of affected birds led researchers to investigate further. The Lower Fraser River Valley is the mos...

The present study was conducted on 42, 12-15 weeks old birds to study the gross and histopathological changes induced by Pasteurella multocida infection. The birds were divided into two groups viz., control and infected consisting of 21 birds each. The birds in infected group were administered with LD 50 of local isolate of Pasteurella multocida A:1. Three birds from each group were randomly sa...

The study of linguistic units has a great interest and importance for linguists, formed as result the reflection process wild birds‘ domestication. significant impact on humankind‘s consciousness left knowledge about benefits harms birds, their properties, essence. Birds have special place in human cognition, superstitions, beliefs. People cherish them, they are able to predict changes seasonal...

Certain migratory birds can sense the Earth's magnetic field. The nature of this process is not yet properly understood. Here we offer a simple explanation according to which birds literally see the local magnetic field through the impact of a physical rather than a chemical signature of the radical pair: a transient, long-lived electric dipole moment. Based on this premise, our picture can exp...