Goose - Wikipedia The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gás and gæslingr, whence English gosling
Sociable weaver - Wikipedia Sociable weavers construct permanent nests on trees and other tall objects These nests are amongst the largest built by any bird, and are large enough to house over 100 pairs of birds, [10] containing several generations at a time The nests are highly structured and provide birds with a more advantageous temperature relative to the outside
Unprecedented: How bird flu became an animal pandemic - BBC Virulent strains of Newcastle disease are also crossing over into multiple species, including parrots and macaws "HPAI [high-pathogenic bird flu] is only one threat " "HPAI [high-pathogenic bird
Individual timing consistency across long‐distance songbird . . . Understanding how individual birds time their migration and breeding over multiple years, and if they express consistent individual timing relative to others of the same breeding population, is important for our developing understanding of the ways in which birds may respond or be limited in their timing in response to climate change (Fox et al
Anting (behavior) - Wikipedia Species from the subfamily Formicinae are the most commonly chosen by birds Species from Dolichoderinae and Myrmicinae subfamilies are also used for anting however, not as common as Formicinae If given a choice a bird will choose an ant in the subfamily Formicinae over all other species [2] In total there are 24 ant species birds use for
Are declines in insects and insectivorous birds related? The average change in population size over the last 50 years of terrestrial North American bird species for which insects are an essential part of the diet at some point in their life history and bird species that never rely on insects for food Statistical intervals = standard deviations Data from Rosenberg et al (2019)
New Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022 - Canada. ca The nests of all migratory bird species are protected when they contain a live bird or a viable egg (so generally during the nesting period) The nests of 18 species (listed in Schedule 1 of the regulations), whose nests are reused by migratory birds, continue to have year-round nest protection, unless they have been shown to be abandoned