Each week I will be posting links to interesting articles around the web relating to birds, nature, natural history, the environment and really anything that seems interesting and related to the topic of this blog.
Here is the inaugural edition:
One of the pleasures of outdoor baseball is actually being outdoors and nature just being able to fly on in. Kirby the Kestrel has been a big star. I went to the ballpark this week and didn't get a chance to see Kirby, but I did see large numbers of Chimney Swifts swooping around and catching insects. [Star Tribune]
The neanderthal genome has just been sequenced, which is quite an accomplishment because they've been extinct for about 28,000 years. [Olivia Judson]
Minnesota Birdnerd has been catching and banding some nice migrants, including a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. [Minnesota Birdnerd]
Friday, May 14, 2010
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