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| Turkey Vulture / Photo by Krista Lundgren/USFWS |
- Recordings suggest that there are possible nesting populations of Newell’s Shearwaters and Hawaiian Petrels on Oahu.
- The latest update of the IUCN Red List reports that 222 bird species are critically endangered.
- Audubon has a guide to identifying Greater and Lesser Scaup.
- The Great Black Hawk in Maine was taken to a wildlife rehabilitation facility after it was found unresponsive with frostbite. The bird is recovering, but there are now questions about what to do with it once it is healed.
- Scientists have mapped the genomes of three Caribbean parrot species — the Puerto Rican Parrot, Cuban Parrot and Hispaniolan Parrot — to assist with conservation efforts.
- Project SNOWstorm is looking for photos of wintering Snowy Owls to aid identification of individuals.
- This year's Christmas Bird Count might have been the last in parts of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park and the National Butterfly Center if the border wall is built as planned.
- David Sibley explains why the presence or absence of an eye-ring is useful for identification.
- Mockingbirds that have been exposed to lead tend to be more aggressive.
- Mercury pollution also affects birds by raising their metabolism.
- A New York state legislator is writing a bill to require new construction projects to include features to make the buildings safer for birds.
- Increased water flow to the Colorado River Delta has increased bird abundance by 20% and bird diversity by 42%.
- At least 94 animal species have been documented preying on the nests of Australian birds; among those, the Pied Currawong is known to prey on the most different bird species.
- West Nile Virus is still active and was detected in Ruffed Grouse in Wisconsin.
- Birds can carry fungi along with the plants they grow on.
- This year's Great Backyard Bird Count is February 15-18, 2019. See here for details.
- 10,000 Birds: Maine's Great Black Hawk - Rescued!
- The Last Word On Nothing: Canada Goose, American Dream
- Bird Ecology Study Group: African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus): Impact of an introduced bird species (To cull or not to cull?)
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies: Help Us Map and Identify Oak
- Living Alongside Wildlife: Maybe Sparrow
- Snapshots of Nature: Black-headed Gull
- Net Results: European Goldfinches and other cage birds in the Western Great Lakes
- A recent accident highlighted the weirdness of hagfish and the slime they produce.
- A paper notes the difficulty using photographs to identify members of the genus Lynx.
- A contagious cancer has killed 80% of the wild Tasmanian Devil population, but a new study suggests that it will not cause extinction.
- Evolution of new species moves the fastest around Antarctica, where the conditions are constantly changing.
- Bringing wildlife back into cities can start with providing green spaces that attract insects, including rooftop gardens or green roofs.
- Some wasps have enlarged lower legs to help with balance.
- A warmer climate might lead to plants absorbing less carbon dioxide because of the increased risk of drought.
- A triage approach can help planners decide how to adapt to climate change, but governments still need to budget enough to carry through with adaptation.
- The importance of the climate change problem tends to be underreported, even as communities are forced to move or disasters strike.
- Because it is an El Niño year, atmospheric carbon dioxide is expected to rise more this year than it did last year.
- Parts of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument are now available for mining, but it remains to be seen if mining will actually happen.
- Protests and corruption investigations stopped a series of dams along the Marañón River between Peru and Brazil that would have resulted in an environmental disaster.
- A bill in the NJ Assembly would protect Liberty State Park from further development schemes.
