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White-crowned Sparrow / Photo by Lee Karney (USFWS)News about birds
- European Starlings exposed to endocrine disruptors (by eating contaminated aquatic invertebrates) have reduced immune system response and higher song complexity. Endocrine disruptors have become increasingly prevalent in waterways due to sewage outflow, industrial agricultural runoff, and other sources.
Defenders of Wildlife petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for emergency listing of the Red Knot under the Endangered Species Act due to new data showing further population declines. Senators Menendez and Lautenberg are publicly supporting the petition. A moratorium bill is moving through the New Jersey Assembly.- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is concerned that wind farms could threaten endangered Whooping Cranes, either through collisions or through habitat destruction.
A small Fijian island has managed to eradicate the introduced rats that were preying on nesting seabirds such as Black Noddy (Anous minutus), Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus), and Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana).- Paraguay has designated Bahía de Asunción IBA as its first site in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. The wetland is home to a globally-significant population of Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis).
- New Zealand placed new requirements on longline fishing operations to protect seabirds from being caught.
- New research pins the Gunnison Sage-Grouse's decline in part on its lek-based mating system which makes the effective breeding population smaller than the actual population.
- The USDA is clearing cattail marshes in North Dakota to protect sunflower growers from blackbirds.
- Drinking Bird: Stuffed to the Gills
- Birdfreak: Citizen Science - Cerulean Warbler Atlas Project
- 10,000 Birds: 2nd Winter vs Adult Winter Ring-billed Gull
- Iowa Voice: Herring Gull - 1st Winter / Adult
- Mike's Birding and Digiscoping Blog: Late Winter Song
- The U.S. Supreme Court heard the Exxon Valdez case on Wednesday.
- Delaware's News Journal investigates Philadelphia Airport's green marketing claims.
- London's congestion charge may have improved health for the city's residents.
- Friday Ark #180
- Circus of the Spineless #30
- Berry Go Round #2
- Carnival of the Cities
- Birds in the News #120
