Different Types Of Birds Links

Kingfisher photographed catching six different types of fish - pictures (Daily Mirror)

An amateur photographer was treated to an impressive display of hunting prowess after snapping a kingfisher —landing six different types of fish in two hours.

science (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Winter has arrived?” We see signs of it everywhere – snow, ice, birds and animals scrounging for leftover fruit and berries. But, what does that phrase mean.

Peregrine falcon sets one-day flight record Satellite transmitters reveal birds’ capabilities and let computer users ... (The Hazleton Standard-Speaker)

A peregrine falcon that researchers fitted with a transmitter and named Elizabetha left her summer home in the Arctic on Baffin Island in Canada and began flying south.

What are you doing? (Mail and Guardian)

Wars have always been waged on all sorts of fronts. They have also, of course, always been about words: who asserts what; what different people mean when they say, "That's mine."

Scientists find a gene that makes cancer spread (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.