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| Gray Catbird / Photo by Kyle Chelius/USFWS |
- With the fledging of some chicks this summer, there are now more than 100 California Condors in the wild in central California.
- In honor of Halloween, NPR did a piece on the intelligence of crows.
- Building wooden fake chimneys is one way to support Chimney Swifts, whose population is declining. The cause of their decline may be decreasing numbers of uncapped chimneys, declining insect populations, or an unknown problem on their wintering grounds.
- Feral parrots in Florida appear to coexist with native bird populations rather than harming them.
- A study found that even common birds are losing their habitats in Australia. At least some birders are noticing the difference.
- Scientists tracking eagles through cellular networks emptied their budget when an eagle suddenly sent a flood of text messages after being out-of-range for a long time.
- A birding group toured the east end of Grand Bahama and found a lot fewer birds than before the hurricane.
- A new study finds that younger Northern Gannets learn where to forage by following their elders.
- The critically endangered Regent Honeyeater's genetic history suggests that the best way to save it is to preserve its current habitat.
- A new atlas shows how four species of quail have declined across Texas.
- Vermont Center for Ecostudies: Field Guide to November 2019
- Bug Eric: One Night, One House, Seventeen Spider Species
- Chicago Ornithological Society: Dan's Feathursday Feature: Dunlin
- 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.
- A study found that it is better for the climate to leave intact forests alone than to log them and replant them. In the first decade of this century, logging or disturbance of intact forests accounted for about 3% of global carbon emissions.
- Because climate reports are created through consensus, they often underestimate the worst-case scenarios.
- A new study found that sea level rise is likely to be higher than expected. The link includes maps of populated areas at high tide in 2050.
- A branch of the Keystone pipeline system spilled 383,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota.
- Mining companies in Texas are not cleaning up the sites of former coal and lignite mines adequately.
- Meanwhile, the EPA is weakening emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants.
- The EPA disbanded its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, but the committee met anyway and found that the agency's regulations were substandard.
- Activists are fighting to stop more petrochemical plants from being added to Louisiana's "Cancer Alley."
