While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location. The ...

Mixed-species bird flocks are dynamic assemblages observed across a range of forest ecosystems, from tropical rainforests to temperate woodlands. These flocks, formed by a diversity of species, are ...

Washington had nine instances of highly pathogenic avian influenza from mid-November through mid-December, though all of those were in backyard flocks and 290 birds were affected, according to USDA ...

For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue to surprise them. A convergence of starlings swirls above St. Peter’s ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together ...

On November 25, 2024, in Rajasthan, India, @thar_desert_photography shared a video of a flock of birds displaying an incredible flying formation. In the video, the birds are seen in the sky flying in ...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A case of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a commercial turkey flock of about 18,000 birds in Hamilton County, according to the ...

Greenberg, Russell S. 2001. "Birds of many feathers: the formation and structure of mixed species flocks of forest birds." In On the move: how and why animals travel in groups. Boinski, S. and Garber, ...

Joan Strassman wrote a book, The Social Lives of Birds, and this piece might increase sales of this book since it is about the same topic and is cited. The late Oxford University biologist William D.