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| Prairie Falcon / Photo by Tom Koerner (USFWS) |
- The image of a weasel riding the back of a Green Woodpecker, and the image appears to document a real event. Here is an account of what happened. (In typical Telegraph fashion, they also put it in a gallery with images that are probably faked/staged.)
- A Jerdon's Babbler was observed in Myanmar for the first time since 1941. The subspecies native to Myanmar (Chrysomma altirostre altirostre) was thought to be extinct until the recent rediscovery.
- Northern Goshawks use a combination of pursuit strategies to hunt prey.
- The Rusty Blackbird Blitz starts this month and continues through April. See the Rusty Blackbird Working Group website for details.
- During the 2015 Great Backyard Bird Count, birders submitted 147,265 checklists and reported 5,090 species. The represents about half of the known species in the world. See the link for more details.
- Many Bald Eagles are already sitting on eggs even through this week's snowstorms.
- British ornithologists are tracking Common Cuckoos on their migration cycle between Britain and Africa.
- The BBC has some recommendations for gull watching.
- How forests are managed affects what species of birds will breed there.
- A study found lasting effects from severe weather events in the feathers of young Grasshopper Sparrows. (Presumably the effect only lasts until the bird's next complete molt.)
- Scientists in North Carolina are tracking the movements of a coastal Bald Eagle by satellite.
- Birders in Canberra have enjoyed watching a Powerful Owl that is frequenting a suburban park.
- The Zapata Rail was rediscovered in Cuba.
- The RSPB has new recommendations to promote the recovery of European Turtle Doves in the UK.
- Norwegian mammals and birds have many different methods of surviving long, intense winter nights.
- Emperor penguins likely survived the last ice age around the Ross Sea according to genetic research.
- Research of Plain Wren duets could help scientists understand how animals communicate.
- Conservationists need to account for the full annual cycle of migratory birds.
- Birding New Jersey!: What Kind of a Name Is "Dickcissel"?
- Beetles In The Bush: Flower ants? Check again!
- Birding Dude: Banded Ring-billed Gulls B5TH and BKKC
- Cross-Check: How a Goshawk Scalped Me-Twice
- Arctic sea ice thickness is down 65% since 1975 due to climate change.
- Last week the Christie administration decided to settle a $8.9 billion lawsuit against ExxonMobil for $250 million. This week it became clear that Christie's office and not the attorney general or DEP was behind the settlement. Democratic lawmakers have vowed to fight the settlement.
- Meanwhile a political fight continues over the proposed Pinelands pipeline.
- In other pipeline news, the environmental study on the PennEast pipeline is being done by a member of the Marcellus Shale Coalition.
- Also, New Jersey plans a significant expansion to its bear hunt, even if its bear population numbers may be sketchy.
- Recent research finds that worker ants benefit from companionship even if their food and water needs are provided.
- Here is a list of native milkweed species to plant to help Monarch butterflies.
- The organ pipe cactus is a characteristic plant of the Sonoran Desert.
- Colombia has proposed a protected corridor that would stretch across national boundaries from the Andes to the Atlantic.
- Drought linked to climate change may have sparked the Syrian civil war.
- There are fairly significant environmental problems linked to the use of K-cups for brewing coffee.
