So there you have it, me at the foot of the garden under the weeping birch, cats at my feet, G&T in hand, the roar of the city traffic defeated by the cacophony of
urban bird life and, if I'm very still, a mildly curious glance from an all - too - cocky fox.
Not exact matches
Birds living in
urban areas rarely get any peace and must cope with almost constant disturbance from both humans and their pets
«Several studies have measured parasite infection in
urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild
birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of
Life Sciences.
Dr Bateman said in Australia there were many species of
birds, mammals and reptiles that
live moderately well in
urban areas, and had plans to explore their behavioural responses to various human activities in the future.
Understanding how
birds move through
urban areas will help
urban planners and policy makers to make cities better places to
live.»
Black - billed magpies and American crows, both members of the clever corvid family of
birds, have adapted comfortably to
life in
urban and suburban communities.
The study, involving hundreds of people, found benefits for mental health of being able to see
birds, shrubs and trees around the home, whether people
lived in
urban or more leafy suburban neighbourhoods.
I'm clearly never going to be in Sweet and Filardi's league — Sweet manages the museum's climate - controlled mass grave of
bird corpses; Filardi spends months on end
living in a hut made of leaves on the Solomon Islands, extracting
birds» DNA — but even I, an
urban sophisticate with a belly full of latte, experience an ineffable, or barely effable, satisfaction at the sight of a twitching organism ringed by darkness.
I hope to investigate how the stresses of
urban life at an early age influence the condition of these
birds as they reach adulthood.»
A study in open - access journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution finds that compared to sparrows
living in the country,
urban - dwelling
birds show clear signs of stress linked to the toxic effects of air pollution and an unhealthy diet.
It seems like
living in the
urban jungle has given
birds street smarts, too, according to researchers from the McGill University in Quebec, Canada.
All in all, pigeons carry no more diseases than other
urban birds, and yet we don't persecute and malign hawks or crows that
live next door to us.
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bird species, as well as the requirements they need to
live happily in
urban environments.
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Cats have a reputation for being fearless and lethal predators, but there's a flip side to this characterization: While domestic cats who
live with us still retain their hunting skills, they themselves are also prey — to dogs,
urban coyotes, even
birds such as hawks and owls.
We see
living roofs filtering storm water, easing the heat - island effect and providing
urban habitat for native species of plants,
birds and insects.