article thumbnail

Birding Tengchong, Yunnan (again)

10,000 Birds

He should not be confused with Stewart Traill (1936–2018), the founder of a cult-like group of evangelical Christians, the Church of Bible Understanding. Or in the language of the “science hippies” (Ze Frank ), the “purple nectar [acts] as a foraging signal” If you do not like blue, here is the Red-tailed Minla. (To

Nepal 160
article thumbnail

Good news for the Wood Stork

10,000 Birds

Since 2004, the three-year averages (2003 to 2012) for nesting pairs ranged from 7,086 to 10,147, all above the 6,000 three-year average identified in the 1997 recovery plan as the threshold to consider reclassifying the species to threatened status.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain

Critter News

From the Science Insider. DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage. According to the plea agreement, the damage totaled less than $10,000. He faces a maximum of 6 months in jail and/or a fine of up to $5000.

Iowa 100
article thumbnail

15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

10,000 Birds

Email lists, blogs, websites, forums, Facebook groups, and of course eBird (see below) has completely revolutionized the way birders get their business handled. Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., 2) The internet has changed everything.

San Diego 170
article thumbnail

Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Every study brings up new questions–many new questions–and Brooke spends a lot of text explaining why every study is specific, how there are really no generalizations to be made across the group of birds covered in this book. Who is it for? The seabird and gull fans (and I know there are a lot of you out there).

Albatross 114
article thumbnail

Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

article thumbnail

Endangered Species Act: Potential Downlisting for Hawaiian Goose (nene)

10,000 Birds

It contains numerous citations to the literature, as the process must be based on the best available science. Specifically, the notice summarizes the long history of Hawaiian Goose conservation, including written recovery plans in 1983 and 2004 , implementation of those plans, and research, including a population viability analysis.