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- Scientists are collecting feathers and testing their DNA to study Imperial Eagle behavior in Kazakhstan. This method is less invasive and allows for study of more individuals than an alternative such as radio-tracking.
- Five South American bird species – blue-billed curassow, brown-banded antpitta, Cauca guan, gorgeted wood-quail, and Esmeraldas woodstar – have been proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
- The bowers of male Great Bowerbirds appear to be resistant to bush fires because the males clear most flammable materials from around the structure.
- Farmers in Michigan are getting federal permits to kill Sandhill Cranes, even though the bird is protected from hunting in the state. Last year 268 cranes were killed.
- A pair of Common Murres is nesting on Matinicus Rock for the first time since 1883.
- Another driver ran down seabirds on a beach in Astoria, Oregon. An injured Caspian Tern was taken to a rehabilitator and later died. Another driver was sentenced for intentionally running down 10 ducks and a goose in Indiana.
- Here is an article on a wildlife rehabilitator in northern New Jersey. At this time of year, they care for a lot of chicks that have fallen from their nests.
- bootstrap analysis: support tougher penalties for hawk killers
- The Clade: Biodiversions: Chipping Sparrow
- 10,000 Birds: Learning the Common to Find the Rare
- Coffee & Conservation: Know your coffee birds: Baltimore Oriole
- On Track: Birding Your Local Patch
- Arctic sea ice thinned at a rate of 0.17 meters a year from 2004-2008. Over the same period, the area covered by thicker, multi-year ice shrank by 42%.
- A new study has identified the coastal areas where human activity is having the worst ecological impact. At the top of the list is the Mississippi Delta.
- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), used as a replacement for ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), may contribute to climate change as demand for them increases.
- Federal officials are still unsure how to stop the spread of white-nosed syndrome among bats.
- Slower woodland bats shy away from streetlights because the extra light makes them more vulnerable to predation.
- There may be twice as much carbon as previously estimated frozen in permafrost. If the permafrost thaws, this carbon could be released into the atmosphere, leading to a substantial feedback effect on climate warming.
- This year, the only known breeding sites in New Jersey for the endangered Eastern Tiger Salamander are in Cape May County.
- A group of wildlife organizations has pooled resources to create the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project to help amphibians in Panama that are threatened by the spread of chytrid fungus.
- TreeHugger: Can the Incandescent Bulb Be Saved From Energy Efficiency Regulations?
