Birds

BGE Crew Moves Osprey Nest To New Platform

Baltimore Gas and Electric has built an osprey nesting platform in Havre de Grace in hopes of keeping a pair of birds from resting on a utility pole.

2012/04/23

Quick Hits: Championship Decided Monday Night, Birds, Saints

Men’s college basketball will crown a national champion Monday night in New Orleans. Top ranked Kentucky will play in the title game for the first time since 1998. Kansas is looking for its second national title in five years.

1057 The Fan–2012/04/02

Pick-A-Side: Which Is Your Favorite Thing About Spring?

2012/03/19

2 Rare Guam Rail Chicks Hatch At National Zoo

National Zoo officials say two rare Guam rail chicks have hatched there. The birds are extinct in the wild.

2012/03/15

Md.’s Blackwater Refuge Hosting Eagle Festival

Maryland’s Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge is home to one of the nation’s largest breeding populations of bald eagles and the refuge is hosting an eagle festival this weekend to celebrate the majestic birds of prey.

2012/03/06

Zoo Worker Charged With Attempted Animal Cruelty

Authorities say a researcher at the National Zoo in Washington has been charged with attempted animal cruelty.

2011/05/24

Piping Plover Breeding Season Starts At Assateague

National Park Service officials say piping plover mating season has begun at Assateague Island National Seashore.

2011/04/20