Bird News - April

Here are this month's online bird news links ....

Webcams:
Bird Cam up and running for 10th year
Florence falcons star on 24-hour webcam
Dales peregrine watch goes live
Watch the Derby peregrines on-line

Pairs:
More peregrine falcons on the way?
Chatt-A-Birdin'
Peregrine falcon chicks debut
A ripe old 17, Dayton's Mercury still flying high
Falcon chicks found for the first time in 50 years
Falcon nest yields live chicks, not dead eggs
Alberta Peregrines Racing Home
Cities' snowbirds in 6,600-km race
Edmonton-bound falcon falls behind
Alberta peregrine falcons race north, but Calgary raptor likely to hit home first
Returning peregrine battles for nest
Falcon gives Calgary an edge

Sightings:
Falcon is spotted on garden fence
Peregrine falcons get now home in Canada
Endangered falcon escapes

Threats:
Kuwaiti government denies illegal falcon trade as cause of bird flu outbreak
Peregrine falcon shot dead with crossbow
More protected birds killed
Peregrine falcon and sea otter no longer threatened with extinction

Protection:
Researchers pluck eggs from Bay Bridge falcon nest
Young hearts still beat in falcon eggs rescued from Bay Bridge
Researchers pluck eggs from Bay Bridge peregrine falcon nest
Scientists snatch falcon eggs on bridge
UCSC students monitor peregrine falcons after release at Long Marine Lab
UC Santa Cruz biologists helping falcons take off
Biologists hatch peregrine falcon egg
Saved peregrine eggs yield one healthy chick
Falcon egg snatched from San Francisco's Bay Bridge hatches

Birds at Work & in Science:
Mauritius turns wildlife clock back 400 years
Senegal survey discovers raptor "super-roost"
Surveys reveal raptor "super-roost" (Birdlife International)

General Interest:
Dubai: Bird in the Sand
Falcons nest in Lawrence
Geckos pollinators help "save" rare flower - and yes, there is a bird point here
Swarovski Elements falcon moves to Grosvenor House
Fake falcon robots scare the **** out of nuisance pigeons
Falcon volunteers recognized by National Park Service