10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2016
As a backup plan, researchers captured some Spoonies in Siberia in 2011 and brought them to England , where they’ve been raised at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. For the past several years, getting the birds to breed has been an exercise in futility.
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2022
The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Additionally, I was curious how the ABA arrived at its precarious financial position, so I did some historical research and decided to share the results. In 2014 , the accountants seem to have first raised the issue of “substantial doubt” about the ABA’s ability “to continue as a going concern.”.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
By Corey • March 18, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share The national bird of Honduras is the Scarlet Macaw. It was decreed a national symbol of Honduras on 28 June 1993 by the National Congress of Honduras as a way to raise awareness of the varied avifauna of Honduras. What is the National Bird of Honduras? Wicked, right?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
The good news is that Kirtland’s Warbler numbers are up, 1,828 singing males counted in the 2011 census. Previously, even researchers had problems getting access to nesting Kirtland’s Warblers. Less than 200 singing males were found in the 1987 census, and this was 20 years after it had been placed on the U.S.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. For my new book, due out in 2012 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, I’ve been researching sandhill crane hunting. I overlooked the date.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. I didn’t.). This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38
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