Some of the red-billed chough, a type of crow, were reared near Canterbury before being set loose in the largest release of the species to date. There has been a second successful release of red ...
The Cornish Chough Conservation Network said this year 25 pairs, raising more than 70 youngsters, have been found. These new additions bring the total population to about 200 birds. In 2002 ...
The Alpine chough is not far behind; it is at home all year round at heights about 10,000 feet in the Himalayan Mountains. Choughs are perfectly adapted to the cold and thin air, hopping around ...
Photograph by Sharon Beals-Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO This mud nest, built by a white-winged chough, showcases the open cup design favored by most modern-day songbirds.
Lower down the slopes, the ponies keep the grass short enough to provide suitable habitat for the chough. These rare crows also eat the beetle larvae which are found in the ponies' dung.