Critter News
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Tags: university research animal research undercover investigation PETA. I say "good for her!"
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2022
I have always assumed that scientific researchers can overlay weather information on checklists for their research, but absent manual entry, that such information would not be available to me. And here is a photo from that birding trip, at Tualatin River NWR near Portland, Oregon.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2018
Although the MBTA’s prohibitions are broad, there are many exceptions, including “take” for scientific research. FWS argued that the proposed “taking” of Barred Owls fell within this scientific research exception and, therefore, did not violate the MBTA. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Birders who submit their checklists to Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct scientific research on subjects such as migration, changes in range, or assessment of populations. I emailed the authors and asked about their research and their use of eBird data.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2019
Yet, Wright points out, Song Sparrow was first depicted and named (‘Little Sparrow’) by Mark Catesby decades earlier, and then again collected by William Bartram and described and drawn by George Edwards in 1764. Alexander Wilson, for example, is credited with the first scientific description of Song Sparrow in 1810.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge was established to conserve and enhance populations of wildlife and their habitats, to protect and enhance water quality, and to provide opportunities for wildlife-dependent recreation and research. Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge : Open to migratory bird hunting (youth only).
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