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Birding is the act of observing and identifying birds in the wild as a form of recreation and citizen science.

A peacock reportedly turned vicious when it escaped from the Bronx Zoo, bit a bystander, and later stayed atop a tree to roost. Read more here.

Barry, a photogenic barred owl who won the hearts of birders in New York City's Central Park, has died. The Central Park Conservancy said the owl was struck by one of the organization's own vehicles.

M Lisa Worledge of the U.K.'s Bat Conservation Trust exclaimed "What an Olympian!" after a tiny Nathusius' pipistrelle bat flew 1,254 miles from Britain to Russia before falling prey to a cat, with scientists hoping the flight will teach them about climate-change effects.

Barry arrived in Central Park in October, becoming an instant celebrity and a beacon of hope for New Yorkers amid the pandemic.

Twitter is turning birds into celebrities and birders against one another By 41 Shares NEW YORK — In 2018 it was the Mandarin duck. In October it was the barred owl. Just weeks ago it was the snowy owl. All three avian species catapulted to celebrity status after they landed in Central Park, becoming the subject of news reports from Manhattan to India and attracting gaggles of groupies, snapping away on their smartphones. These rare glimpses of nature in the heart of New York elicit a ...

Share A Great Horned Owl perches on a tree at the Rambles in New York City’s Central Park. AFP Birdwatching hobby flies off in Covid-era New York City Tue, 15 December 2020 On a recent sunny morning in New York a few dozen people gathered in Central Park’s wooded Ramble area with a common goal: zero in on an elusive owl. Autumn leaves crunch under their shoes as “Birding Bob” – a guide who has been organising birdwatching tours in the park for more than three decades, with interest ju...

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