With fewer tourists flocking to see guillemot breeding sites in Sweden, white-tailed eagles have taken up residence nearby – spooking the seabirds so they raise fewer chicks Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264933-seabirds-raise-fewer-chicks-as-the-pandemic-keeps-tourists-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Arctic animals are migrating earlier in the year due to climate change
Species including reindeer and golden eagles are migrating earlier each year as the world warms, according to a study of the movements of 86 Arctic species over three decades Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259144-arctic-animals-are-migrating-earlier-in-the-year-due-to-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Messier 11 is the Wild Duck Cluster
Messier 11 is a faint cluster of stars in a star-rich region of the night sky, in the direction of the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Source: https://earthsky.org/clusters-nebulae-galaxies/wild-duck-cluster-deep-sky-gem-by-eagles-tail…
Migrating Russian Eagles Run Up Huge Data Roaming Charges
Russian scientists tracking migrating eagles ran out of money after some of the birds flew to Iran and Pakistan and their SMS transmitters drew huge data roaming charges. The BBC reports: After learning of the team’s dilemma, Russian mobile phone operator Megafon offered to cancel the debt and put the project on a special, cheaper tariff. The team had started crowdfunding…
Bald Eagles Love Trash, Drop Garbage on Human Neighbors
The eagles are coming (for your trash)! If you’re a resident of one Seattle suburb, that is. The good people of Renton, Washington are under aerial assault from 200 bald eagles that inhabit a local landfill, consuming old food and routinely dropping garbage on nearby homes. “Anybody that lives within close flying distance of the… Continue reading Bald Eagles Love Trash, Drop Garbage on Human Neighbors