People who feed birds have been getting their pockets pecked. Birdseed prices have been fluctuating for months, and the cost of a premium seed imported from India is at an unprecedented high. All this has made the estimated one in six Americans who feed wild birds rethink their backyard buffets. ...more

March 11, 2009

At 10 on a recent morning, seven white homing pigeons auditioned for the role of a lifetime. ...more

January 4, 2009

Walt Postma, a New Port Richey man, provides the pigeons that play a key role, that of a dove, during the annual Epiphany Celebration in Tarpon Springs. ...more

January 3, 2009

The following locations will accept donations of toys, bedding, collars and other comfort items for cats and dogs through mid-January: ...more

December 24, 2008

Typically on a sunny Sunday afternoon, I have to toil to make ends meet in this "worst of times." ...more

November 18, 2008

On Saturday, at Gulf High School's Des Little Stadium, Project: Rock For Autism, a benefit concert organized by International Baccalaureate students Steve Toth, Britt Smith and Krystal Rosado, raised $1,050 for the Florida Gulf Coast Autism Association. ...more

August 13, 2008

An abundance of birds may be to blame for this week's warning to stay out of the water at the popular county park here, health officials say. ...more

February 21, 2008

An abundance of birds may be to blame for this week's warning to stay out of the water at the popular county park here, health officials say. ...more

February 20, 2008