Here are some Amerindian legends about birds: The creation of birds A long time ago, there were no birds and very few animals on Earth. To play, the children had only leaves and that, for six long moons. At the seventh Moon, polar bear blew the cold on the trees and howler wolf stripped them

Joggers attacked in stung by Raptors-Forbach-02/07/2010: (Continued from 28/05/2010) Joggers were attacked by Raptors as they ran through the woods around Forbach. On Sunday, a Behrinois was again wounded on the head by a hawk. A rare phenomenon that is explained. “I have been running for fifteen years in the forest of Spicheren and I

If we were to give Paris a mascot, there is a good bet that we would choose the pigeon. Error…. A more noble bird hovers in the sky of Paris and haunts the towers of Notre-Dame: the kestrel. For three years, some 50 observers from the CORIF (ornithological Centre of Ile-de-France) have sifted through the

The Swiss Association for the protection of birds Opha/BirdLife has decreed the kestrel Bird of the year 2008. This falcon is on the list of potentially threatened birds, its food and nesting sites becoming scarce. The hover, or “Flight of the St. Esprit”, is characteristic of the Kestrel Falcon, indicated the Opha. Flying on the