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 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
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 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 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
Here’s looking at you, chicks! Pet Labrador gets up-close view of his baby partridge best buddies – as she balances them on her NOSE Five-year-old labrador Ruby befriended a group of partridge chicks in Norfolk Jadene Moloy, 23, rescued the birds after they were separated from their mother Ruby became ‘obsessed’ with the chicks and … Read more
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
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