Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: SFMOMA Honors National Bird Day Today, Jan. 5th, is National Bird Day. Chirp. In honor of National Bird Day, SFMOMA made a little video using a Felix Gonzalez-Torres' poster. Delightful.
SF News Second Collared Seagull Freed From Throttling Beer Can Over the weekend, we spotted several reports of a second seagull freed from the clutches of the Budweiser-loving bird-hater. This particular gull was befriended by a neighbor close to San Francisco State University
misc Altamont Pass to Get Less-Deadly Wind Turbines In our ongoing coverage of local bird deaths, we have some good news to report: future generations of golden eagles, red-tailed hawks and other local birds will be spared death by wind turbine.
SF News At Least One Collared Gull Freed, Beer Distributors Add to Torturer's Bounty Well, this is just cute: After news of a Budweiser-drinking seagull hater took off a few weeks ago, local rescue organization Wild Rescue received an outpouring of support and donations. Enough donations, in
misc Seagull Torturer Collaring Bay Area Birds With Beer Cans According to BCN/The Appeal this morning: several birds have been spotted around the Bay Area with torturous collars fashioned from cut Budweiser cans around their necks. All jokes about jewelry made from
misc SF Zoo Welcomes Baby Flamingos In addition to two new capybaras (the world's largest living rodents), the San Francisco Zoo welcomes this week-old flamingo chick to the family. Here the baby bird stands next to its father. The
SF News Pet Bird Advocates Want to Stop Proposed Pet Store Ban In an effort to stop the proposed animal ban at San Francisco pet stores--buying your pets at stores, as some of you know, is wrong, especially when one can adopt--a group calling itself
SF News CoCo County Lures in Predatory Birds to Eat Exploding Squirrel Population by Jerry James Stone Contra Costa County has installed 20 man-made perches on land in Concord and Walnut Creek to attract hawks, falcons, and eagles. They hope the predatory birds will hunt down
misc Photo du Jour 455 Flickr photog andertho captured nature in action above the Land's End Trail, this hawk gathering twigs for her nest. Another shot of the domesticating bird.
SF News Bye Bye Swoops Let Ann-Margaret sooth your soul. Because after hearing this news, you're gonna need it. See, Swoops, the adorable and infamous blackbird who terrorized passersby from her perch outside City National Bank at Front
misc Photo du Jour 437 "Pigeon, out" by The Inadvertent Gardener. Taken at Yerba Buena Gardens. Glorious creature, yes? Yes.
misc Photo du Jour 433 Swoops caught on tape! Flickr photog Ingrid Taylar captured this harrowing shot of San Francisco's most famous brewer blackbird ("Swoops") in mid-attack. The bird has made headlines recently as he defends his and
misc Blackbird Attacking FiDi Pedestrians Have you had your head pecked while lunching or lollygagging downtown? This might be the reason: A tiny, adorable, rapscallion of a blackbird has been tormenting pedestrians in San Francisco's financial district as
misc San Jose Falcon Brings Slow News Day to an End With Flight Yesterday afternoon, one of the young female falcons that adorn the roof at San Jose City Hall (named Ilahay, which is "angel" in Persian) took her first flight. According to the Mercury News,
SF News Wimbledon Under Fire for Pigeon Murder Wimbledon, that top-drawer tennis championship played on grass way over on the other side of the pond, is currently underway. What's more, it's coming under fire for "using marksmen to shoot down dive-bombing
SF News Pilot of the Cosco Busan Charged In Federal Court Although the National Transportation Safety Board has yet to release its report on the causes of last year's crash, today the pilot of the Cosco Busan, John Joseph Cota of Petaluma, was charged
SF News Oil Spill Damage Is, Well, Damaging Oh man, are you kidding? This is terrible. Not to get all tugging-the-heart strings today, but this spill is much worse than initially reported yesterday. This oil covered bird above was found at
