Flying Birds Links

Bridge birds relocated (Casper Star-Tribune)

Hey, Answer Girl -- Years ago, there were hundreds of barn swallows living under the Platte River Bridge on Poplar Street. Now they're gone. Did WYDOT, the county or the city get rid of them somehow? Why were they chased away? The birds were fun to watch flitting about in between traffic.

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.

Unlikely birds flying into next round (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Arizona Cardinals have consecutive home playoff victories - 61 years apart.

California brown pelicans found frail and far from home (Los Angeles Times)

The coastal birds have been seen on highways, runways and in backyards, and they share symptoms of disorientation, fatigue and bruising. The phenomenon is stumping experts. Wildlife rescuers from San Diego to San Francisco suddenly are facing a distressing biological mystery: Disoriented and bruised California brown pelicans are landing on highways and airport runways and in farm fields, ...

Local news in brief Jan. 6 (Santa Fe New Mexican)

A small plane carrying two people was forced to make an emergency landing Monday 10 miles northwest of Santa Fe Municipal Airport. Pilot Rudolph Dollard, 27, and passenger Donald Garner, 52, were flying in from Greeley, Colo., and landed in a field in the Caja del Rio area. Neither man was injured.