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Long-eared Owl in a Snow Storm / Photo by Bruce YoltonBird and birding news
- At least some of the brown pelicans that have been turning up confused and starving in California were injured by frostbite, thanks to a harsh cold front in early December. Frostbite does not explain the situation entirely, however, since at least some had domoic acid poisoning. Other tests are in progress.
- Climate change would force European aquatic birds to shift their breeding ranges, with northern birds moving north and eastern birds moving south. (Incidentally, check out their photograph of "aquatic birds" – two ducks and two pigeons?)
- Petty's Island in South Jersey will be preserved as a wildlife refuge with eventual public access. The island has Camden County's only nesting pair of bald eagles.
- Two Ivory Gulls are being seen in Massachusetts – one in Gloucester and one in Plymouth.
- Net Results: European Goldfinch: established in the U.S.?
- 10,000 Birds: ‘Licking Clay’: the macaws of Tambopata, Peru
- Mike's Birding & Digiscoping Blog: Not Baited!
- Thomasburg Walks: Siskins!
- Outside My Window: Which Chickadee Are You?
- Prairie Ice: Snow Petrels
- sitta canadensis: winterlude
- My Bird Tales: I had my own 'Inaugeral' ball this afternoon...
- The average American lifespan has increased by five months over the past few decades thanks to clean air regulations. The increase was even greater in urban areas.
- On Inauguration Day, Obama stopped pending regulations to delist the gray wolf in Rocky Mountains states and to weaken existing clean-air regulations.
- Washington state is considering its own cap-and-trade bill.
- Climate change is killing trees in western states, through less rainfall and longer and hotter summers.
- RealClimate: State of Antarctica: red or blue?
- Rob's Idaho Perspective: Extinction (Also see this article on extinct and endangered species, which includes the Dusky Seaside Sparrow.)
- Enviroblog: The real problem with fake grass
