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| Bald Eagle / Photo by Tom Koerner/USFWS |
- The US Fish and Wildlife Service is again attempting to remove the Hawaiian Hawk from the Endangered Species List even though there is little evidence that the species's status has changed since the last attempt at delisting failed in 2014.
- Research connects the Inaccessible Island Rail to species currently placed in the genera Porzana and Laterallus.
- A new study suggests that Barn Swallows evolved alongside humans.
- Pete Dunne writes about his local birding patch in Cumberland County and the importance of protecting local natural areas.
- Four manakin species diverged on the basis of roll-snap displays performed during courtship.
- A new study describes how Barn Owls decide what to pay attention to.
- Giant flightless elephant birds were nocturnal and possibly blind like kiwis, their closest living relatives.
- New research examines how birds jump.
- A Mandarin Duck of unknown (but probably captive) provenance appeared in Central Park.
- For Halloween, Audubon posted a creepy bird call quiz.
- Restoring the curlew population in Ireland includes a program that pays farmers to preserve shorebird breeding habitat.
- 10,000 Birds: Fall Birding is the Best Birding
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies: Field Guide to November 2018
- Feathered Photography: When Hawks Pursue Songbirds It Can Be Deadly For Them Both
- Corvid Research: Denali Diaries Part II: The Wildlife
- The Artful Amoeba: Eye Candy: Fossil Flowers Bloomed When Dinosaurs Ruled Earth
- Backyard and Beyond: Nature Note
- The Meadowlands Nature Blog: Gone Fishing
- Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography: Male Brewer’s Blackbird On A Fence Post With Fall Colors
- Bird Ecology Study Group: Ashy Tailorbird – family unit
- Steve Happ Photography: Big Terrigal Creek pm
- Bird Sketches: Stonechat atop gorse bush
- The Earth BioGenome Project is trying to sequence the genome of every plant, animal, and fungus over the next ten years. That would include 1.5 million species, compared to the 3,500 species currently sequenced.
- A new swallowtail species, Papilio natewa, was discovered in Fiji.
- Ryan Zinke's time at the Interior Department has been notable for its mismanagement, and this week one of the many investigations into his ethics was referred to the Justice Department.
- The EPA's climate change page has been gone for over a year.
- The election of far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil is likely to have severe consequences for the climate and biodiversity as he supports opening Indigenous areas to resource development.
- Persistent unusual weather patterns seem to be linked to climate change.
- The Army Corps of Engineers wants to build a tidal barrier across the mouth of New York Harbor to prevent future storm surges. The downside (as explained at the link) is that such a barrier would remove much of the tidal energy from the Hudson and other local estuaries. A public comment period is open until November 5.
