We've discovered that items in red kite nests are becoming ever more surprising, showing the magnificent bird of prey's penchant for weird and wonderful home decoration.

Coyotes regularly feed on outdoor cats, according to a scientific study, Observations of Coyote-Cat Interactions by Shannon Grubbs of the University of Arizona and Paul Krausman of the University of Montana published in the Journal of Wildlife Management. The researchers tracked coyotes in Tucson, Arizona and observed 36 coyote-cat interactions, of which 19 resulted in coyotes killing cats.

An open letter from the Campaign Against the Levels Motorway (CALM) Alliance has urged the Welsh Assembly Government to save the Gwent Levels Site of Special Scientific Interest from the 'concrete pourers' forever.

RSPB Ramsey Island has welcomed its first cattle onto the island for over 40 years. The four Welsh blacks, delivered last week (Sunday 28 July) are the first since 1963 on the nature reserve, just off the Pembrokeshire coast.

An innovative audit of wildlife in the Thames is being launched at the House of Commons today, heralding a major advance in the relationship between conservation and commerce.

A new installation at RSPB Old Moor, near Barnsley, is putting a spark into the future of lapwing chicks on the reserve.

Golden Valley Farms is offering a special deal on a 100% Bird-Friendly, Shade-Grown, 100% Organic Coffee Sampler (15 pouches).

American Bird Conservancy's latest Bird News Network videocast highlights the recently released The State of the Birds report and its importance in marking a way forward for bird conservation efforts in the United States. The video features Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and American Bird Conservancy's Darin Schroeder speaking at the press conference for the release of the report, as well as interviews with staff about American Bird Conservancy's efforts to address threats to birds.

Vicki McDonald captured a male Kentucky warbler that tied for the oldest known Kentucky warbler.

Reserve Created for Niceforo's Wren - Just 50 Birds Remain. American Bird Conservancy, its Colombian partner Fundacion ProAves, and World Land Trust-US have taken a significant step forward in their efforts to protect the Niceforo's Wren, a Critically Endangered bird restricted to the last remnants of dry forest in the Chicamocha Valley of the eastern Andes of Colombia. The purchase of over 3,200 acres of some of the highest quality forest of this type remaining in the region has resulted in the creation of a new reserve to protect the wren, as well as several other endemic species, including the endangered Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird, and the Apical Flycatcher.

Pete Marra was the first guest on the first show of the new NPR/WAMU program, Animal House, discussing Neighborhood Nestwatch.

Find out which bird is the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center's bird of the month.

In a joint letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, American Bird Conservancy, National Audubon Society, and Defenders of Wildlife voiced their opposition to the proposed extension of a 2003 rule allowing for the widespread lethal control of Double-crested Cormorants.

Pressure from environmental organizations to make wind energy bird friendly and therefore truly green is showing some initial signs of changing the attitude and behavior of wind developers and the federal government, but much work remains to be done to convert an industry and their regulatory agencies that have long viewed wind power as environmentally benign.

Identity of birds striking US Airways Flight 1549 discovered.