Birds
Margaret Atwood’s first graphic novel tackles a cat problem
With her first graphic novel, Margaret Atwood is just one author considering the role of free-roaming cats in bird deaths
Don’t call them bird brains
Some species are smarter than five-year-old kids
In Burlington, a bird-brained lawsuit
Woman sues hydro company over traumatizing “bird strike”
The Canadian invasion
Hoardes of geese are tarnishing Canada’s name south of the border
Review: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
Book by Thor Hanson
This one’s for the birds
A court case, aimed at protecting migratory birds from reflective office towers, could prove precedent-setting
Dozens of dead birds found on Swedish street
Veterinarians suspect disease or poisoning
Killer birds, dropping dead
Falcons vs. fungus: An airborne mould is killing gyrfalcons, a favourite of Arab sheiks
The Big Bad
Before writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis struck out with Bionic Woman, she’d already struck out with another much-hyped but short-lived show about posterior-kicking babes: Birds of Prey, a mish-mash of DC comics mythology about a trio of hot lady crimefighters protecting “New Gotham” after Batman bugs out: Helena (Ashley Scott), the daughter of Batman and Catwoman; Dinah (Rachel Skarsten), a waif with some kind of power to see stuff and create big whooshing “vision” special effects; and Barbara Gordon (Dina Meyer), aka Batgirl, aka “Oracle,” who became a wheelchair-bound crimefighter after the Joker shot her (this comes from the comics). Warner Brothers is releasing a DVD of the complete 13-episode series this week, in honour of you-know-what, and the DVD set gave me a chance to get re-acquainted with an ancient time in TV history: 2002.