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| White-breasted Nuthatch / Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS |
- The director of raptor monitoring at Hawk Mountain has witnessed the recovery of raptor populations from DDT and now is seeing changes in migration patterns due to climate change.
- A study found that the winter diets of European Shags have changed significantly over the past few decades.
- The Northern Bald Ibis and Pink Pigeon show improved status in the latest version of the IUCN Red List. Overall, 31 bird species became more stable and 58 bird species became more vulnerable.
- European waterbirds, especially seabirds, shift their wintering ranges depending on the weather.
- Scientists are working to rebuild the Puerto Rican Parrot population after it was decimated by Hurricane Maria.
- A program for voluntary protection of habitat for Lesser Prairie-Chickens has had mixed results as legal wrangling continues over endangered listing.
- Some of the Snowy Owls tagged by Project SNOWstorm are starting to come back into transmission range.
- EBird released status and trends pages for 107 bird species.
- One of the best ways to help birds is to plant native plants which support the insects that breeding birds eat.
- Wild Turkeys on Staten Island are going to be trapped and relocated to upstate New York.
- A study found evidence that vultures watch each other to figure out where thermal updrafts are located.
- A new report maps the refuges of the most endangered bird species with the goal of saving as many of those habitats as possible.
- The Common Buttonquail was finally classified as extinct in Europe, the first such loss since the Great Auk. Unlike the Great Auk, it still survives elsewhere in its historic range.
- The Ocellated Turkey, the other member of the genus Meleagris, is in decline due to overhunting but could possibly be saved by ecotourism.
- Changes in irrigation practices in California's Imperial Valley could make life harder for Burrowing Owls.
- ABA Blog: Happening NOW: Irruption of Winter Finches Underway
- Ontario Birds and Herps: Calliope Hummingbird: yet another new species for Ontario
- Branch out with BotSoc: Life on the Edge: Saving the Albertina Sisulu Orchid from Extinction
- Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography: Some Of The Joys Of Photographing Birds Close To Home
- Brazil's BR-262, which runs through the Pantanal, is one of the deadliest roads for wildlife in the world.
- Komodo dragons prefer a familiar landscape and rarely disperse very far.
- Utah Junipers, which are generally hardy and drought-resistant, are suddenly dying in large numbers.
- Galápagos Sea Lions lost their preferred food source, so instead they learned to hunt Yellowfin Tuna.
- At least 12 of the 13 mountain lions with radio collars survived the wildfire in the Santa Monica Mountains.
- Broadleaf trees like aspen can provide natural fire breaks in between stands of conifers, but timber companies often spray them with herbicide.
- A study found that the U.S. could reduce a fifth of its carbon emissions through reforestation.
- Social media has sparked a surge in visitors to national parks and other public lands, but many parks do not have the resources to handle the extra crowds.
- Climate change is altering the jet stream and creating weird effects like extreme heat in western North America and extreme cold in eastern North America.
- There was a major oil spill off Newfoundland.
- France is insisting on the EU's climate change regulations being part of any Brexit deal.
- The Trump administration wants to expand drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve, which would affect caribou and other wildlife.
