I’ve used the word “confident” in the title. I need to be a bit more precise in describing what happens to a pigeon’s mentality when you add weights to their legs. It sounds bizarre but this is what researchers did. They wanted to test whether …
It appears that nowadays artificial grass is fantastic quality, highly realistic and more popular than ever before. The popularity probably comes about because year-on-year people are distancing themselves from nature because of urban sprawl and humankind’s natural propensity to become an orphan from nature, and …
NEWS AND VIEWS: It appears that somebody in a place called Nidderdale, near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, UK is deliberately putting down a cocktail of pesticides which the police have nicknamed the “Nidderdale cocktail”. We are not told but it seems that the individual is …
NEWS-VIEWS FRANCE: I’ve just learned about this. From my perspective it is a disgusting practice but it is apparently commonplace in Provence, France. I’m told that the practice of limestick trapping was developed in ancient Greece. Hunters cover twigs and branches in glue so the …
Even the most talented birdwatcher can have difficulty in identifying individual birds within the same species. Now researchers have developed an artificial intelligence tool which can do the job for them. The Times journalist, Tom Knowles, reports that this could have a radical effect on …
There is a difference of opinion with respect to the introduction of the hen harrier into England. This hawk-like species was wiped out in Victorian Britain by gamekeepers protecting grouse moors. It has recovered in certain places but not fully in England. There were only …
I’m afraid that homeowners who like garden lights need to consider others. The lights are disrupting birds’ sleep. A study by the University of Melbourne in conjunction with La Trobe University (Melbourne) published in Current Biology is apparently the first to measure this aspect of …
Not long ago I wrote about the Queen of the UK being implicated in animal abuse. That time it was about racing pigeons participating in the race from South Africa. Today, in The Times newspaper there is a report that on one of the Queen’s …
Note to Facebook: I am not criticising your business so please don’t remove one of my groups 🙂 . I guess that Facebook is using algorithms built upon artificial intelligence (AI) to surf through their billions upon billions of postings, photographs and videos to weed …
