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White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Donna Dewhurst (USFWS)News and links about birds, birding, and the environment
- The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a new recovery plan for the Western snowy plover, available online here. The plan calls for a target population of 3,000 breeding adults by 2047.
Rimatura lorikeets have been reintroduced to the Cook Islands after an absence of almost two centuries.- Urban birds can adapt to a greater range of conditions than rural birds.
- According to the federal government, New Jersey's water standards do not provide adequate protection for wildlife from mercury, DDT, and PCBs.
- The USGS is tracking the migration of black oystercatchers.
- The annual Federal Duck Stamp contest opened this week at Ding Darling NWR. You can view galleries of the 247 contest entries at the link.
- An opinion piece urges Australia to help preserve Papua New Guinea's southern wetlands in order to protect Australian migratory birds that rely on them.
- There is a new field-deployable biosensor that can detect various strains of avian influenza. Results are available in a few minutes instead of several days.
- Americans remain pessimistic about the state of the environment and want to see more action on climate change.
- This Week at Hilton Pond features common ragweed, a widespread cause of allergies.
- Tails of Birding: The Osprey - a Unique Bird of Prey
- Field Notes: Radar Birding 101
- Voltage Gate: Know Your Biomes VIII: Boreal Forest
- Mike's Birding and Digiscoping Blog: Cars and Birds
- 10,000 Birds: Common Bird or Rare Vagrant?
- Field of View: Green-breasted Mango
- Drinking Bird: A Day at the Museum
- Woodcreeper: Where's your favorite migrant trap?
