Birds
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5 best lakes in India to see stunning flamingos
Fashion & Lifestyle | March 08, 2025 17:33 ISTFlamingos are beautiful birds that are known for their long necks, large wings, slender legs and short tails. These birds tend to stay in large groups and are visually pleasing to the eyes due to their pink colour. You can spot them at various lakes in India. Here are some lakes to spot these birds.
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First-of-its-kind coastal and wader birds census to begin in Gujarat’s Jamnagar on January 3
Gujarat | January 02, 2025 21:08 ISTThe three-day census event carried out at Marine National Park and Marine Sanctuary will see the presence of many bird enthusiasts, experts and researchers from across the country.
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Vastu Tips: Know why keeping a picture of birds at home brings success
January 13, 2022 7:25 ISTFor success and fame, it is best to place the bird's picture in the south direction and it is even better if there is a picture of a phoenix bird. Because the phoenix bird represents the energy, fame and growth that bestows success.
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Birds' brain may hold clue why they outlived other dinosaurs
Science | August 01, 2021 16:46 IST"Living birds have brains more complex than any known animals except mammals," said lead investigator Christopher Torres, who conducted the research while at the UT College of Natural Sciences.
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Vastu Tips: Keeping pictures of birds at home in THIS direction is considered auspicious
April 07, 2021 7:12 ISTIn Vastu Shastra, today we will talk about keeping pictures of birds in the house. You can also keep real birds in your home, but if you do not want to do that, then keep a picture or statue of birds in the house, it also inhabits positive energy and gets rid of negative one.
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4 arrested for smuggling birds in WB's Durgapur
News | January 30, 2021 19:37 ISTFour people were arrested in West Bengal's Durgapur in connection to birds smuggling. Around 650 specimens of parakeets belonging to various species were seized from them.
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Bird Flu: Over 200 migratory birds found dead in Himachal Pradesh
India | January 10, 2021 20:09 ISTCarcasses of 215 migratory birds were found in Pong Dam Wildlife Sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Sunday, taking the total number of such birds suspected to have died of avian influenza to 4,235, officials said.
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Avian Influenza confirmed in 7 states: What we know so far
India | January 10, 2021 17:21 ISTAs many as 1,200 birds were found dead across India on Saturday, including 900 in a poultry farm in Maharashtra, with the Centre saying that the outbreak of avian influenza has been reported in Uttar Pradesh, taking the total number of affected states to seven. These include Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh.
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Culling of birds begins to contain Avian Influenza in Kerala
India | March 08, 2020 21:42 ISTAuthorities began culling of domesticated birds and hens near here on Sunday, as part of the Kerala government's precautionary measures following the outbreak of bird flu, officials said.
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Largest bird die-off ever linked to marine heat wave: Study
Science | January 16, 2020 19:16 ISTThe unprecedented death of nearly one million birds between 2015 and 2016, whose remains washed ashore in Alaska, US, was brought on by a severe and long-lasting marine heat wave, a new study says.
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Less migratory birds visiting Dhanbad's famous Maithan dam. Blame it on climate change
India | January 16, 2020 12:31 ISTMigratory birds have arrived in large numbers at Panchet dam but the number of winged guests at Maithon dam in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district has come down, officials said.
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Not just humans, some birds may also voluntarily help peers, reveals study
Science | January 10, 2020 13:10 ISTScientists have found for the first time that some birds may voluntarily and spontaneously help familiar others of their species achieve a goal without obvious, immediate benefit to themselves. The study, published in the journal Current Biology, is the first to reveal that a species other than great apes, including humans, can wilfully help others in need, even strangers.
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How birds influence each other in coordinated flight decoded
Science | November 20, 2019 11:53 ISTThe researchers said they did not consider pigeon social patterns for their estimation since earlier research had shown that hierarchies between the birds were independent of the dominance they exhibited during flight. Chen and his team suggested that their method could be used to study other coordinated behaviours, and plan to examine the collective functioning of cells in the immune system.
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Preliminary report says thousands of birds died due to botulism near Jaipur
India | November 15, 2019 16:26 ISTInitially, it was suspected that the birds died due to avian flu but the report from a laboratory in Bhopal has ruled this out.
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'Like a horror movie': Dozen of birds, suspected to be poisoned, fall from sky in Australia
World | July 12, 2019 16:06 ISTBoth long-billed corellas - which is a protected species in South Australia - and short-billed corellas were among those found. A volunteer from Casper's Bird Rescue who went to investigate reports of the dead birds called for help when the birds were found.
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Amazing beautiful Rosy Starling birds dancing in sky
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Authorities shut down Delhi Zoo until further notice after nine birds die of flu
India | October 19, 2016 17:28 ISTThe Delhi Zoological Park has been closed down over fears of Avia flu that possibly led to the death of nine birds at the zoo, officials said on Wednesday. According to zoo sources, around 8
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With more than one lakh migrant birds, Bhitarkanika reports rise in number of winged guests
India | September 04, 2016 12:41 ISTBhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district has recorded an increase in bird population this year, the recently-concluded week-long annual bird census revealed. According to the census, as many as 1,03,853 resident birds belonging to 10
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Birds living in metropolitan areas are angrier than the rural ones
World | July 18, 2016 8:28 ISTWashington: Bird living in suburban areas are far angrier than their rural counterparts, a new study suggested. According to researchers at Virginia Tech and Radford University in the US, this new study shows how
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SC agrees to hear plea on framing guidelines on birds' seizure
India | May 31, 2015 11:07 ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea for framing guidelines on the process to be adopted by police at the time of seizure of birds and animals and prohibiting imposition of
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