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Wilson's Snipe / Photo by W.F. KubichekBirding and ornithology news
- A research expedition found a new species of white-eye on Vanikoro Island in the Solomons.
- Audubon Minnesota is trying to persuade building owners to shut off interior lights during migration. Lighted skyscrapers cause bird mortality from collisions.
- Conservationists have developed new sets of tools for monitoring wildlife that are cheap and minimally invasive.
- Bird deaths in Durham, NC, were caused by food contaminated with salmonella. The bird food processing plant had received peanut shipments from a plant in Georgia. (See also: Birdchick: Wild Birds Unlimited's Wildlife Blend Recalled In Some States)
- A state senator in California introduced a bill to allow airports to kill birds to protect airplanes.
- Four captive-bred California Condors were released at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona.
- Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch, NJ, is looking for volunteers to patrol shorebird nesting areas.
- The Marvelous in Nature: Paintbrush to paper
- Coffee and Conservation: Coffee-related deforestation in Sumatra
- BrdPics: Ducky Iridescence
- View from the Cape: Something to think about...Buildings, Lights and Birds
- Birding in Michigan: Orangepoll or Redpoll?
- Birding in Maine: Rear view - bird photos
- Pine voles prefer chewing oak roots to other types of roots, causing oaks to become scarcer in some woodlands.
- Aerosols have increased globally over the past 30 years. Clear skies are few and far between as a result.
- A wilderness protection bill fell two votes shy of approval in the House of Representatives. The bill combined several pieces of legislation setting aside tracts of federal land as wilderness areas.
- The EPA is proposing a greenhouse gas emission registry that will cover 85-90% of U.S. emissions. The registry is meant as a precursor to a cap-and-trade system and could produce emissions statistics by the end of 2010.
- Bay and Environment: Smog kills, study confirms
- Gristmill: Are emission targets ever really 'science-based'?
- Birds in the News #162
- A new carnival, The Moth and Me, will have its first edition on March 15.
