We describe traps designed for the trapping of particular individual parent birds during the nestling phase of the breeding cycle. These traps have been used successfully with large cup-nesting birds ...

Since the time of the pharaohs, Egyptians have raised nets every autumn along the Mediterranean, to capture golden orioles, nightingales and corncrakes as they wing their way south for the winter.

I wanted to build a first-class home. Small enough to be cozy, but big enough to raise a family. I needed an ideal location, near a wooded area, with a natural supermarket nearby. And the design ...