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| Great Egret fishing in the Raritan / my photo |
- The big story this week is that the House of Representatives passed a spending bill that includes a provision that bans enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The ABA Blog has a good summary of what is at stake and what you can do about it.
- Veeries have been able to nest successfully in non-native shrubs.
- Light pollution distracts Balearic Shearwater fledglings so that they have trouble finding their way to the sea on their first flights.
- Gray Catbirds tend to return to the same breeding site each year and tend to winter in the same area as catbirds from the same breeding area.
- Red-throated Loon chicks fledge quickly so that their parents do not spend as much energy flying to and from the nesting site with food.
- Here is a guide for identifying the common gulls on Mid-Atlantic beaches.
- Cuckoo finches evolved to look like harmless species to that their host species, the Tawny-flanked Prinia, would not be suspicious about their presence.
- Male birds that rise early produce more offspring, especially via extra-pair copulation.
- Wildlife density is a better predictor of conservation importance than presence/absence data.
- Shifts in bird ranges due to climate change could trigger more ecological changes.
- The Yellow-breasted Bunting population crashed after being eaten nearly to extinction.
- The European Robin won the vote for the U.K.'s national bird.
- Extinction Countdown: Alaska's Rare Alexander Archipelago Wolves Nearly Wiped Out in 1 Year
- Arthropod Ecology: Landscape structure, insect herbivory, and ecosystem services
- Bug Eric: How to Request an Identification Online
- 10,000 Birds: Manhattan’s first nesting Common Ravens
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Adult Crimson-rumped Waxbill feeding fledglings
- Charismatic Minifauna: The Ants That Smell Like Blue Cheese—Or Is That Pine-Sol?
- Earbirding: Mexico’s Mystery Owl
- Environmental organizations are trying to intervene to prevent the Exxon settlement proposed by the Christie administration.
- Large butterflies pollinate flame azaleas with their wings.
- Readers in the U.K. can take part in a citizen science project about orchids and climate change.
