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| Wilson's Snipe / Photo by Jim Hudgins/USFWS |
- New research suggests that oil spills generated by the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II caused precipitous declines in some seabird populations.
- Twitter can be useful for finding information on local rarities as well as for connecting with birders generally.
- A study at field sites in Puerto Rico found that fruit-eating birds help to spread the seeds of rarer plant species and make a forest's plant structure more diverse than it would be otherwise.
- While the US Fish and Wildlife Service is protecting the breeding birds at Midway Atoll NWR, it lacks the funds to keep its historic structures in good repair (with the result that birds are ingesting lead paint from deteriorating buildings).
- Brooklyn hosts a stable population of nonnative Monk Parakeets.
- While the judge imposed a substantial fine on the man who killed two endangered Whooping Cranes, some crane conservationists argue it was not high enough to deter other killings.
- robertscribbler: 2016 on Track for Record Rate of Atmospheric CO2 Increase
- ABA Blog: The ABA adds Hawaii – Now What?
- Stokes Birding Blog: Gray Kingbird, Yes!! Super Rarity Still in MA
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Asian Paradise-flycatcher – Rictal bristles
- Bug Eric: Don't Ignore the Small Bugs!
- Backyard and Beyond: Raptor Wednesday
- The Zen Birdfeeder: So Just Where is Its Ruby Crown?
- Wanstead Birder: Always stay at home to see Shrikes
- Unless global warming is kept below 2 degrees, southern Spain will become desert and deciduous forest will invade the mountains.
- Feral cats do not just kill birds; lately they have been killing Hawaiian Monk Seals on Kauai via toxoplasmosis.
- The Army Corps of Engineers is considering whether an alternate route can be found for the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline. If protestors succeed in stopping or even delaying the pipeline, it could make companies more hesitant to build pipelines in the future.
- Climate change may make the peak of fall foliage later and more brilliant in the northeastern U.S., though the color may decrease if it warms too much for maples to survive.
- A new article suggests that citizen scientists could provide even more data for monitoring biodiversity.
- New Jersey faces its worst drought in 14 years and may need to impose water restrictions in the near future. Lack of rainfall has been a problem throughout the northeast this year.
- Climate change is melting even the oldest and thickest parts of the Arctic's sea ice cap.
- Elsewhere in the Arctic, Svalbard had its warmest and wettest October on record.
- Ryan Bundy promises another armed protest over public lands if he and his co-defendants are acquitted in the Nevada case. The acquittals in the Oregon case make it more likely that such protests will turn violent and make federal employees targets.
- Finland will continue its wolf culls despite criticism from conservationists.
- A federal court ordered stronger protection for two vulnerable plant species in Utah.
