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Green-winged Teal / Photo by Tim Bowman (USFWS)News and links about birds, birding, and the environment
- Winter feeding helps birds survive through the winter and breed in the spring. A study in Northern Ireland found that birds who were fed throughout the winter laid their eggs earlier and produced healthier offspring than birds who were not fed.
Nepal has a new bird subspecies, the Nepal Rufous-vented Prinia. This warbler was first found in a wetland in 2005.- Genetic analysis suggests that birds arose 100 million years ago, 40 million years earlier than the fossil record indicates.
- A judge rejected a lawsuit that sought to remove protections for the marbled murrelet.
- New research suggests that biofuels are worsening climate change. The biggest problem occurs when natural ecosystems, such as tropical rain forests, are converted into cropland for biofuel production. There are also indications that U.S. production of biofuels produces more carbon dioxide than it saves. (Certain candidates who want to be seen as "green" should stop supporting ethanol subsidies!)
- The Pennsylvania Game Commission explains why gulls can be found in large numbers in the middle of Pennsylvania (and why not to use the term "seagull").
- An international cleanup effort has restored habitat along the Detroit River, with the new Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge as its centerpiece.
- Scientists studying the problem of intersex fish in the DC area found that intersex fish occur more frequently in areas with heavy agricultural or dense human habitation. The precise cause is still unknown.
- A recent short-eared owl sighting could stop an indoor ski resort planned on Long Island.
- The Church of England asked its followers to join a carbon fast for Lent.
- Field of View: Birds of the Chukchi Sea
- Drinking Bird: Birding and the Internet: A Response
- Birdchick: Screech Owl vs Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Outside My Window: Hawk Eats Hawk
- Enchilada: A God Who Soars
- Friday Ark #177
- I and the Bird #68
- Tangled Bank #98
- Learning in the Great Outdoors #8
- Birds in the News #117
- Festival of the Trees #20
