On Saturday, December 5th, 2015, the Western National Parks Association is hosting the 2nd annual Bird Festival in Los Angeles at the Santa Monica Mountains Interagency Visitor Center. This free event is a great chance to meet local bird experts, go on a guided bird walk, watch a live bird presentation, and more.
Written by: Jeff Mann
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Education, Falconry, Featured, Main Feed
Even though I’m unfortunately taking a break from falconry for one year due to college in another state, I still relive and reminisce on my countless past outings. Here is what a typical day in the life of a falconer is like. My day doesn’t have a horrendously early start, a long travel time, or an expensive bill waiting to greet me at the end. My life is like any other high schooler, at least until around three o’clock.
Written by: Ethan Maki
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Entertainment, Humor, Main Feed
So many great posts of birds make it to Tumblr every day. Here is recap of this week’s best Tumblr posts featuring birds.
Written by: Jeff Mann
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This fantastic artist The Crooked Feather, has created many incredible custom bird wings for costumes and cosplays. Her latest creation of bird wings are fully articulating and move using CO2 tanks. Prices vary depending on size and complexity.
Written by: Jeff Mann
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Education, Featured, Main Feed, Science
Good news! Parakeets might just be able to respond to how you feel!
Yes, a recent study in the journal Animal Cognition suggests budgerigars are capable of certain aspects of affective empathy. Let’s start with a little background on empathy: Over the years of psychologists conceptualizing empathy, researchers have basically agreed that there are two distinct components at play: cognitive empathy and affective empathy.
Written by: Robert Hutton
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A free-flight birds of prey show. I have seen hundreds of them, and I still get a wave of childlike giddiness every time I get the chance to see another one. I know I’m not the only one that believes that they are always an absolute highlight of zoo trips. There’s just something about watching a raptor soar inches above my head that takes my breath away. The speakers and trainers point, the bird flies, all of it happens in near perfect synchronization. Watching the speaker on stage, talking so calmly about the bird, engaging the audience with every syllable, it is extremely easy to believe that the entire show is effortless.
Written by: Flannery O'Brien
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So many great posts of birds make it to Tumblr every week, so here is the first of a regular weekly recap of some of the best.
Written by: Jeff Mann
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