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| Bald Eagle / Photo by Randy Loftus/USFWS |
- With increasing loss of their preferred marsh habitat along the Gulf Coast, Mottled Ducks might move into urban and suburban habitats where they would be more likely to hybridize with Mallards.
- Ruddy Shelducks fly at altitudes of up to 22,000 feet as they cross the Himalayas. High-altitude flight has previously been documented among Bar-headed Geese, which also fly over the Himalayas.
- A section of the Northumberland coastline has been turned into a marine protected area to protect nesting seabirds, which are increasingly threatened by climate change.
- Photographing birds can be rewarding and support conservation, but photographers need to be careful to put the safety of the birds first.
- A study found that a cockatoo can bend wires (in this case pipe cleaners) to retrieve food items.
- Australian Magpies dunk food in water before eating it.
- Here are some hawkwatches in and around northeastern New Jersey.
- Laura's Birding Blog: Hurricane Harvey and wildlife
- Net Results: New major paper published
- 10,000 Birds: Arizona in Summer: It Ain’t All Hummers
- See you at sunrise...: Arizona: Put some "Second Spring" in your step
- Brigit Strawbridge: Snail shell bees
- The Last Word On Nothing: Flying forest
- Bug Eric: My Personal National Moth Week, 2017
- Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography: Franklin’s and Ring-billed Gulls Flying in Smoky Skies
- Celery Farm and Beyond: Raptor's Eye-Views of Cape May Hawkwatch
- Rosetta Stones: The Trump Administration's Effect on National Parks
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Self-medication among birds
- This year's active hurricane season is fueled in part by warmer ocean temperatures.
- Likewise, climate change is fueling this summer's massive wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.
- The floods from Hurricane Harvey will leave a toxic mess given the number of oil refineries and chemical plants along the Texas coast. Several Superfund sites were flooded, and the EPA was slow to respond.
- During Hurricane Sandy, protected wetlands prevented $625 million worth of damage in the Northeast.
- In the years since the Elwha River's dams were removed, scientists monitoring the results have found that the river has become wild again in unpredictable ways.
- Mattawoman Creek in Maryland, just south of DC, has one of the most productive fisheries in the Chesapeake region.
- Butterfly watchers have noticed a rebound in Monarch numbers this summer, but the improvement will not be sustainable without increased planting of milkweeds.
- Here are maps showing how 500-year floods would affect New Jersey.
