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| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck / USFWS Photo |
- Reintroduced Bald Eagles in California's Channel Islands are feasting on seabirds and fish. Hopefully the seabirds are common species and not the endangered ones.
- White-tailed Eagles in northern Germany do not compete with fishermen for prey.
- Melanism is more common among bird populations on small islands.
- The Brown Kiwi genome has been sequenced.
- Cooper's Hawk abundance is linked to the availability of prey such as White-winged Doves.
- This is a terrible article, but it has photos of an interesting behavior: a Lesser Black-backed Gull preying on European Starlings.
- The above article is linked to a campaign to cull gulls in the U.K.; here is a more reasonable take on the issue.
- Sedge Islands in Barnegat Bay host between 25 and 30 nesting pairs of Ospreys.
- This spring and summer, volunteers searched coastal marshes for Black Rails. (I did a land-based route as part of the same project; unfortunately no Black Rails responded at my points.)
- Anything Larus: Deviant Leg Color in Adult-type American Herring Gulls
- Not Exactly Rocket Science: A Fossil Snake With Four Legs
- SzimiStyle Birding: American shorebirds at the south coast of England
- National Moth Week runs through this weekend. There is still time to participate.
- The number of endangered Puget Sound Orcas increased in the most recent count.
- The Emerald Ash Borer's attack on White Fringetrees is likely to be widespread.
- Horseshoe crabs in New England still face threats (which in turn threatens shorebirds that pass through the region).
- Here is an evaluation of Hillary Clinton's environmental record.
- The New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team works to prevent the spread of invasive species in the state.
