Yellow Birds Links

Powdered Rodents Show Big, Old Mice Spread Hantavirus (Newswise)

University of Utah researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely to spread deadly hantavirus. The study identified bigger, older mice as the culprits.

Island birders in a state of Bohemian rhapsody (Victoria Times Colonist)

You might say our weather on Vancouver Island this winter has gone to the birds.

'Tis the season to count the birds (The Frederick News-Post)

Helen Horrocks began her day of birding at dawn when she saw a screech owl She ended it watching a peregrine falcon plucking and eating a smaller bird for dinner about 5 p m All in all, it was a successful day

Parrot paradise? (BBC News)

World's biggest parrot colony faces growing pressures

Oriole highlights group's annual bird count (Salina Journal)

Shannon Rayl and other area birders were "thrilled" Saturday to catch sight of a small yellow bird in a feeder in Saline County.