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| Brown Pelicans / Photo by Roy W. Lowe (USFWS) |
- Last Saturday was the World Series of Birding in New Jersey. You can see the full results here. My team, the Middlesex Merlins, found 127 species in Middlesex County, including a Western Grebe.
- Conservationists in the UK want stricter regulations of polyisobutene after a spill harmed 4,000 seabirds.
- Male Reed Warblers will aggressively chase off other males that attempt to mate with their female partners, but once the chicks hatch, males will take care of them regardless of paternity.
- Some conservationists are calling for stricter enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act against wind farms since turbines kill about 573,000 birds per year.
- A study of the skeletal remains of 250 Hawaiian Petrels found that industrialized fishing has forced the petrels to change their diets from larger fish to smaller ones, beginning about 100 years ago.
- Peregrine Falcons may be removed from Indiana's state endangered list now that there are 20 breeding pairs in the state and 300 in the upper Midwest.
- The American Bird Conservancy helped protect habitat for wintering Bicknell's Thrushes in the Dominican Republic.
- A new study found that American Kestrels are more sensitive to human activity than previously thought.
- While the reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles to Scotland has been a success, it is unclear whether the species will be able to regain its historic range.
- Some waterfowl are wintering closer to their summer breeding grounds than in the past.
- Bug Girl's Blog: Wrong on the Internet: Bogus USA Spider Chart
- Not Exactly Rocket Science: 3-D Scans Reveal Caterpillars Turning Into Butterflies
- Tetrapod Zoology: In pursuit of the Rook
- Compound Eye: Thrifty Thursday: The Digital Herbarium
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Breeding of Masked Lapwing in Singapore
- Birding Is Fun!: Blue Grosbeak: My Favorite Summer Passerine
- WorldWaders News Blog: Whimbrels completed 3rd leg of unknown loop migration route
- Digital Photography School: How To Photograph Dragonflies
- Periodical cicadas from Brood II will emerge this spring in several eastern states after spending 17 years underground.
- Greater Wax Moths can hear sounds up to 300 khz, which is the highest recorded sensitivity of any animal. (For comparison, humans can hear up to 20 khz.) Such sensitivity is most likely a defense against bats, which use high-frequency sonar to navigate and catch insects.
- A new map of the most endangered and unique species highlights the lack of protection for many critical habitats for biodiversity. You can view the map here.
- The Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle has successfully pushed out many native lady beetle populations in Europe and North America through the use of microsporidia that infect and kill other lady beetle species.
