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| Peregrine Falcon / Photo by Bill Buchanan (USFWS) |
- EBird just released a new Hotspot Explorer, which you can read more about here. I have not had much time to play with it just yet, but it looks like a good way to find new spots to bird, especially in unfamiliar areas.
- A report published this summer argues that at least half of Canada's boreal forest should be preserved from further development. The boreal is home to numerous birds and other animals that depend heavily on its wilderness areas for breeding.
- Birds with larger brains like parrots and corvids cope with stress better than birds with smaller brains.
- Vultures are being killed by the hundreds in Namibia by elephant poachers who set out poison for the birds to avoid attracting the attention of wildlife officials.
- Meanwhile a project in South Africa is trying to improve the image of vultures.
- Wind facilities have killed at least 67 Bald and Golden Eagles in the last five years.
- During fall, glass surfaces, particularly on urban skyscrapers, pose a serious threat to migratory birds.
- The California State Senate passed a bill to ban hunting with lead ammunition within the state's borders. Lead ammunition has been implicated in the accidental poisoning of numerous California Condors in recent years.
- A claim that night parrots were rediscovered in Australia is probably within the dubious tradition of faked or mistaken sightings of extinct species.
- Here is a photo comparing first-fall male and female Cape May Warblers.
- Orinoco Geese (Neochen jubata) migrate entirely within the Amazon Basin.
- Compound Eye: To kill, or not to kill: the insect photographer’s question (part 2)
- The Ocean Blog: The Design of a Beautiful Weapon
- Bird Canada: Over 6,000 Acres of Alberta Grassland Protected
- BugBlog: The weird and wonderful Vapourer Moth
- Bug Eric: White-lined Sphinx ("Hummingbird Moth")
- 10,000 Birds: Mohouidae, the newest bird family
- Not Exactly Rocket Science: Mercenary Ants Protect Farmers With Chemical Weapons
- ABA Blog: ABA Adds Nutmeg Mannikin, #981
- Audubon Guides: Attractive Nuisance
- Outside My Window » Sappy Nests
- A study found that bears in Banff National Park are using the wildlife overpasses built for them over the Trans-Canada Highway, which runs through the park.
- Analysis of a plant fossil (Archaeanthus) from the Cretaceous found that its closest living relative is the tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipfera) and that it and the tulip poplar probably belong in their own family (Liriodendraceae) rather than the magnolia family (Magnoliaceae).
- Sayreville's Red Oak power plant is one of the worst polluters in the state.
- An organization dedicated to conserving the world's less charismatic animals announced the blobfish as the world's ugliest animal.
- A deep cave in Croatia is home to a recently-discovered translucent snail.
- It looks like wolf OR-7, which had made news by wandering through California, has finally settled down.
- Whether a Tesla (a type of electric car) is environmentally friendly is a complex question.
