Bird News Around the Web

• Hummingbirds 101  
• Merlin Bird ID App  The Merlin Bird ID app for iOS7 and Android OS4 devices is available for free from the Cornell Lab.  It asks five simple questions about the bird seen and then gives a short list of the most likely possibilities.  The app currently covers 400 species, and has 2,000 photos and 1,000 songs and calls to help you confirm your ID. Click to download.
• Vultures in Africa and Europe could face extinction within our lifetime warn conservationists
• Federally Protected Birds at Risk from Expansion of Wind Development Near Lake Michigan
• The 1,300 Bird Species Facing Extinction Signal Threats to Human Health