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| Greater Sage-Grouse / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS |
- A survey along the Jiangsu coast recorded at least 62 individual Spoon-billed Sandpipers.
- Like Darwin's finches, the Hawaiian honeycreepers are an example of adaptive radiation.
- The amendment gutting funding for Migratory Bird Treaty Act enforcement appears to be dead for now.
- The NY Times has a guide to wild species that can be seen around New York City, including several bird species.
- When birds tolerate the eggs of nest parasites, it is usually because they cannot tell the difference between the parasitic eggs and their own.
- Temperature change is contributing to bird diversity loss in Mexico.
- Thousands of birds abandoned their nests at Seahorse Key in Florida.
- There are only 50 Chinese Crested Terns left in the world.
- Shearwaters seem to navigate at least partly by scent.
- 10,000 Birds: Tails From the Gulf Stream
- Birding Dude: Piping Plover banded in the Bahamas
- Beetles In The Bush: Why is this male carrion beetle “biting” one of the female’s antennae?
- Bug Eric: How to Catch a Leafroller Caterpillar (Video)
- Ibycter: Spider predation!
- BugBlog: A just emerged Elephant Hawkmoth
- KCET has been running a series on the environmental problems facing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta. Some highlights from the past week include an explanation of what the Bay Delta is, three invasive species (from the eastern U.S.), and a rare beetle.
- Bumblebee declines are linked to climate change.
- California utilities want to include distributed generation (like rooftop solar) under the renewable energy standard.
- The White House introduced a plan to help low and middle income people get access to solar energy.
- The New Jersey Conservation Foundation purchased a 473-acre tract to expand the Franklin Parker Preserve, a large refuge in the heart of the New Jersey Pinelands.
- A new leafhopper species was found in the Pinelands. See the article in Zookeys for more details.
- Ticks that carry Lyme disease have expanded their range via short-distance migrations.
- Germany is turning Cold War-era military bases into wildlife refuges.
- A study confirmed the health benefits of nature walks (compared to walks in urban environments).
- A writer calls for an end to building fake cairns on public lands.
