Etiket: Bird
Pigeon plague in Emmer center: residents sick of bird droppings
Residents and entrepreneurs on Derksstraat, Weerdingerstraat and Noorderplein have had enough of the pigeon nuisance. The birds poop everything underneath, Dennis de Jong said during the committee meeting in the…
In Antarctica, bird flu can have catastrophic consequences
A very deadly bird flu variant has been sweeping the world since 2021. And now the last untouched continent, Antarctica, has also been reached. Science editor Nienke Beintema outlines what…
Bird flu is causing real havoc in the seagull population:…
In the coastal cities, the well-known city gulls such as the herring gull and black-backed gull are still holding up well, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the seagull…
Bird of Paradise splendor and Papuan heritage in the Mission Museum
Fluorescent blue, bright yellow, blinding purple, orange, green: the courtship dance of the birds of paradise is one of the most exuberant rituals in the bird world. The males spread…
Record number of breeding birds in De Onlanden despite bird flu outbreak
Despite the severe bird flu that broke out in the area last year, the number of breeding birds in De Onlanden is doing well. A record number of breeding birds…
Willem’s bird villas are popular: ‘The birds live above a snack bar’
Birdhouses, birdhouses and more birdhouses. 67-year-old Willem van der Ploeg from Emmer-Compascuum has his house and garden full of bird villas. And his work does not go unnoticed, as his…
Ringed pelican flies around Helvoirt, mystery who owns the bird
A special sight in Helvoirt and the surrounding area: a ringed pelican flies there. The Den Bosch animal ambulance reported on Tuesday that the bird is fluttering around freely. Now…
Opinion | Strange bird – NRC
A bird friend texts me in the evening asking if I want to listen to his audio message. There’s such a strange bird singing in his street. I can not…
This bird can get drunk and that causes problems, Frans explains
Forest ranger Frans Kapteijns shares his knowledge of nature on the radio every week. Listeners can submit questions via [email protected]. This time he focuses, among other things, on beaver gnawing,…
How big are the concerns about bird flu?
The Netherlands must continue to watch out for bird flu, the disease that regularly kills bird populations, domestic and wild. That is the tenor of the letter which the Ministries…