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| Arctic Tern / USFWS Photo |
- Here is another look at the problem of starving seabirds in Maine, such as the Arctic Tern, which puts it into the context of problems other migratory birds are having. Some scientists think that climate change is shifting food away from the seabird colonies that need it.
- During Arctic summers, some migratory birds shift from a day-night activity cycle to one that takes advantage of the extra daylight hours.
- Climate change will cause additional problems for shorebirds, most of which depend on intertidal areas such as beaches and mudflats. Sea level rise will flood those habitats, and coastal development limits the creation of new habitat to replace them.
- A conservationist is trying to restore the yellowwood forests in South Africa that the endangered Cape Parrot needs to survive.
- A study in Tanzania found that protected areas are valuable for bird conservation in the face of climate change and expanded development.
- A report by BirdLife highlights bird conservation success stories, such as the Black Robin and Lear's Macaw.
- A new study links human population growth with the biodiversity crisis.
- 10,000 Birds: Climate Change and Birds
- The Birdist: Is This Bird ABA Countable?
- Birding Is Fun: Gray Catbird Photo Study
- Illuminating Fossils: An ancient penguin with yellow feathers
- Lineatus: Dawn Chorus: Back to the Farallones (breeding season)
- Tails of Birding: Puffins on the Wing
- Compound Lens: Six tips for better pollinator photographs
- Cicada Mania: Oklahoma surprise periodical cicada emergence!
- Extinction Countdown: Weird Frog Discovered by Charles Darwin May be Extinct
- Dormivigilia: Rhythms of Songbirds: City vs Nature
- The Crux: During Cicada Boom, Birds Mysteriously Vanish
- PhotoNaturalist: Ethics of Wildlife Photography
- For National Pollinator Week, the USGS highlights the importance of native bees. See also Bug Girl's post on the subject.
- Here is a photo gallery of the Great Barrier Reef and some of the animals that live there.
- Urban trees remove enough fine particulate pollution from the air to save an average of one life per year per city (and more than that in some cities).
- Pesticide spraying at a Target parking lot in Arizona killed 25,000 bumblebees because the landscaping company sprayed linden trees that were in bloom. If you must use pesticide, please follow label instructions and do not spray plants while they are in bloom.
- Meanwhile, pesticide runoff is decimating aquatic insects, including predators like dragonflies that eat other insects.
- Predator conservation helps plants to sequester more carbon since herbivores eat less when they fear attacks from predators.
- Male fishing spiders die from mating — not because the female kills them, but because of their own physiology.
- Some conservationists missed a ferry and found a rare moth while they were waiting for the next one.
- The Obama administration plans to reopen most of the Imperial Sand Dunes to off-road vehicles. The dunes had been closed since 2000 due to the rare plants and animals that live on the 40,000-acre site.
