Friday, November 29, 2019

Loose Feathers #725

Great Blue Heron / Photo by Keenan Adams/USFWS
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Friday, November 22, 2019

Loose Feathers #724

Cedar Waxwing / Photo by Bill Thompson/USFWS
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Loose Feathers #723

American Bittern / my photo
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Friday, November 08, 2019

Loose Feathers #722

Swallow-tailed Kite / Photo by Grayson Smith/USFWS
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Friday, November 01, 2019

Loose Feathers #721

Gray Catbird / Photo by Kyle Chelius/USFWS
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Biodiversity and conservation
  • Scientists are studying the Klamath River in anticipation of what it is expected to be the largest dam removal project yet, in which four dams are slated to be removed.
  • A Humpback Whale that was stranded at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey this week was covered in propeller cuts, including at least one that hit its spinal column. Two sea turtles and a Fin Whale were also killed by boats in New Jersey waters this week.
  • Hundreds of koalas died in wildfires that tore through their habitat in eastern Australia.
  • A new bat species was discovered in Nicaragua
  • An invasive virus threatens Wood Frogs in North America.
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