Birds

After mass seabird death event, Australia warns of wider H5N1 bird flu threat

"Australians should expect to see more spread and larger numbers now of wildlife being affected," said Agriculture Minister Julie Collins.

|ByREUTERS
A test tube labelled "Bird Flu", eggs and a piece of paper in the colours of the Australian national flag are seen in this picture illustration, January 14, 2023.
A Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree stump in Stanley Park on August 4, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another

Scientists and conservationists are trying to save the northern spotted owl from being pushed out of its habitat and into extinction with shotguns trained on barred owls.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
"After a few minutes I saw movement near the male, and then a female appeared at his side along with four fledglings"

Returned from the beach in Ashdod, and discovered a whole family of birds of prey

A Nature and Parks Authority employee received a unique glimpse into the lives of a whole family of little owls – an impressive small nocturnal bird of prey.

|ByZIV REINSTEIN
Customs inspectors at Ben-Gurion Airport thwarted an attempt to smuggle about 20 parrots of special breeds

Ben-Gurion Airport customs inspectors stunned: This is what a passenger returning from Poland hid

A young man returning from Poland aroused the suspicion of customs inspectors. An X-ray of the suitcase revealed about 20 rare parrots kept in five cages under harsh conditions.

|ByZIV REINSTEIN

New variant of bird flu spotted in Netherlands

A new case of H5N1 avian influenza was recently found in the central Israeli city of Yehud • "Within living memory, no avian influenza has affected wild birds in the same capacity"

NOVEMBER 19, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
A sign at the edge of an exclusion zone warns of the closure of a footpath after an outbreak of bird flu in the village of Upham in southern England, February 3, 2015.

Dinosaur feathers were more similar to those we recognize than previously assumed - study

Proteins were discovered in fossilized feathers which were previously believed to only be present in modern animals.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pterosaur (Illustrative).