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Hawaiian Geese / Photo by Glen Smart (USFWS)Bird and birding news
- Brown Pelicans have been turning up tired or disoriented around coastal California. The cause so far is unknown. Wildlife rescuers and researchers have been checking the pelicans for various toxins. Keep an eye on the International Bird Rescue Research Center for the latest on the pelican situation.
- Argentina's colony of burrowing parrots (the largest parrot colony in the world) is under pressure from the pet trade and development related to tourism and agriculture. Farming in particular has depleted the parrots' food sources.
- Last year, there were 69 active bald eagle nests in New Jersey, many of them along the Delaware River.
- Southbound snowy owls can have a tough time: a snowy owl wintering in Albany died from a parasite that it probably picked up from a pigeon.
- The Scottish government is allowing farmers to kill more ravens to protect young livestock.
- BES Group: Red-bearded Bee-eater feeding chicks
- Meadowlands Blog: Telling Teal Apart
- Outisde My Window: The dangers of junk food
- Fat Finch: Birds and Windows, Part 1
- My Bird Tales: Some days...you don't even have to try
- A new estimate predicts a 1 meter sea level rise over the next century. The estimate is based on the historical correlation between temperature and sea level rather than current trends. This prediction is much higher than the most recent IPCC forecast.
- President Bush designated three large underwater tracts in the Central Pacific as marine national monuments.
- Gristmill: Metro drain
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