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| Northern Harrier / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS |
- Canada's boreal forest is vital as the breeding ground for many North American bird species.
- Images from banding stations may look disturbing, but all show birds that were safely released.
- Mated pairs of Great Tits will stay together during the winter even if it means sacrificing better food resources.
- Pakistan asks Supreme Court to overturn its ban on hunting rare Houbara Bustards.
- A genetic analysis shows that there is potential for future splits of Barn Owl and Short-eared Owl based on divergence between populations in the Americas and elsewhere. (Journal article here.)
- 10,000 Birds: What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?
- Meadowlands Nature Blog: The Mighty "Magic" Oak Tree
- RealClimate: So what is really happening in Antarctica?
- Anything Larus: More Thayer's & Lessers
- Birding on Broadmeade: Poison Ivy
- For those who missed the news last Friday: the Obama administration decided to block the Keystone XL pipeline.
- The fight against Keystone XL began with local activists and eventually brought together an unusual national coalition.
- It has been widely reported that SeaWorld is phasing out orca shows, but that is not the case.
- A recent study found that dispersants used during BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have made the problem worse by killing bacteria that eat oil.
- Little Brown Bats in New Jersey continue to be decimated by white-nose syndrome.
- NPR has a look at continuing deforestation in Brazil.
- A massive glacier in northeastern Greenland started melting more rapidly in the past three years. The glacier holds enough ice to raise sea levels by 18 inches.
- The new Canadian government is lifting restrictions placed on government scientists by the previous government.
- A former golf course in Gloucester County will become a state preserve.
