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| Wilson's Phalaropes / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS |
- Audubon has released its summary for the 114th Christmas Bird Count. Here is the summary for New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
- California is considering an emergency endangered listing for the rapidly declining Tricolored Blackbird.
- A study found that observer age may bias the results of citizen science projects like the Breeding Bird Survey. Scientists using the data may need to take this into consideration during analysis.
- A study using geolocators attached to Honey Buzzards and Montagu's Harriers confirmed that wind and thermal patterns affect the raptors' migration route and flight speed. The study is open access for whoever wants to read it.
- Many seabird populations are declining in the Pacific Northwest.
- Wild Bird Fund cares for wild birds that are found sick or injured around New York City.
- Friends of Animals is suing to prevent any more unnecessary wildlife killings at local airports.
- Lice on individual Galapagos Hawks & their offspring mirror island biogeography.
- Many penguin species are at risk from habitat degradation.
- Blue-footed Boobies are on the decline, possibly because of low sardine stocks.
- Here are digital images of a book of bird illustrations made from feathers.
- Not Exactly Rocket Science: On The Evolution of Migration
- Charismatic Minifauna: Don’t Drink the Water … In Lake Erie
- Circle of Blue: Infographics: Effect of Northern Ohio’s Cropland and Land Use on Maumee River and Lake Erie
- Nemesis Bird: 'Puget Sound' White-crowned Sparrows by Alex Lamoreaux
- Birdchick: One Step Closer To Fixing The Vikings Stadium
- Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens: In Praise of Wasps II. The Stingless Ones
- Robert Scribbler: Terrible Thunderstorms of Fire Over Canada as Arctic Territory Continues Record Burn
- Tetrapod Zoology: Chiffchaffs: a view of passerines from the peripheries (part I)
- Rebecca in the Woods: Clark’s Nutcracker Fledgling
- South Jersey Butterfly B/Log: European Peacock in Gloucester County!
- 10,000 Birds: The German Eagles
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Blue-throated Bee-eater caught a bee
- The Birdist: Birds at Large: Commercials - August 2014
- Bug Eric: Ant-hunting spider, Euryopis
- The Corvid Blog: Of Jackdaws
- KCET's ReWild blog is profiling some of California's invasive species this week. So far there are posts on the American Bullfrog, the Argentine Ant, and the Blue Gum Eucalyptus.
- This week a tailings pond of a copper gold mine in British Columbia was breached, and much of its contents spilled out into surrounding waterways. The breach came after years of warnings that the dam was unsafe. The company claims that the tailings are clean, but a former employee says otherwise.
- Pangolins are being eaten to extinction, but a campaign may reduce demand.
- A tourist accidentally crashed a camera-bearing drone into Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring. This incident is a good example of why the National Park Service banned drones in national parks.
- The US Energy Information Agency released maps of flooding risks around energy infrastructure.
- An oil refinery in Delaware is threatened by sea level rise, so it is asking the federal government for funds to hold off the waters.
- Gypsy Moths are relatively scarce in New Jersey this summer.
