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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). 175 years ago, on 9 January 1841, the Erebus and Terror expedition with James Clark Ross was the first that ever burst into the Ross Sea, a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica.

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#PawsInLove giveaway and blog hop

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Valentine’s day is coming soon, and what better way to show your furry Valentine how much you care than to spoil them with a shopping spree at PetSmart! We have a $25 gift card to giveaway to one lucky reader … Continue reading → The post #PawsInLove giveaway and blog hop appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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The Self-Refreshing Rarity

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For the past several weeks a pair of Trumpeter Swans have made themselves at home along a road through Mattamuskeet NWR in eastern North Carolina. Trumpeter Swan is a serious rarity in the state, and indeed anywhere in the southeast. But as the re-introduced population around the Great Lakes begins to pick up steam, it’s a species that has been discovered more regularly in North Carolina, and has been annual the last three years.

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Azure-winged Magpies

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I’m back! And what a bird I have for you today. The Azure-winged Magpie is a pretty member of the crow family found in Eastern Asia, from Siberia and Japan down to Hong Kong. It was in Hong Kong that I caught up with the species, as it is easy to find in the splendid wetlands of Mai Po. Unlike other magpies I’ve seen, this one lives in family groups, and like other corvids, are conversational and fun to watch.

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Where Are You Birding This Fourth Weekend of January 2016?

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Wild weather comes at us from all angles these days, at least in the Northern Hemisphere. And yet birds abound, with both the anticipated treasures and unexpected delights. No matter what the forecast says, this weekend will be great for birding! I’ll be well poised to intercept more winter birds in suddenly wintry western New York. Corey is enjoying more tropical avifauna with hundreds of other birders at Space Coast; if you’re at the festival, buy him a beer!

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WILD CAT CARD

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You know, sometimes your cat does something so irresistible you just want to give him an award. With awards season upon us, Meow Mix thought there’s no reason why the human actors should get all the glory when there are … Continue reading → The post WILD CAT CARD appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of January 2015)

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For some of us, the weekend still rolls on. But come Monday morning, we need to consider the spoils of a well-spent weekend. Birds count. I was very happy to see Black Vultures circling in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, since vultures don’t hang around western New York during the winter months. Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend were the dozens of Common Loons he saw off shore of Breezy Point in Queens.

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Tawny Frogmouth nesting

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One of the most camouflaged birds in Australia is the Tawny Frogmouth and we often hear them at night when we are camping in the bush, but the chance of seeing them is less likely. They feed at night by swooping down on prey from the branch they are perched on or chasing moths in the moonlight. Tawny Frogmouths spend the daylight hours perched on tree branches heavily disguised by their silver grey plumage.

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Who needs brakes?

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There was a slight crosswind, I’ll give him that, but our pilot seemed rather puffed up after a competent landing. He was rather more self-impressed than was seemly, given that this was his job. So perhaps there had been some hydraulic complications. It’s not as though we ran out of coffee! Yes, yes, the brakes were a bit soft and we only had four-and-a-half miles of runway to play with.

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Solar Plant Stopped Killing Birds: One Weird Trick!

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The Brightsoruce Power Plant, in California, uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy to nearly a single point, where things get so hot you can melt metal. Nearby, in the air, the concentrated solar energy can be so high that a bird flying by can become vaporized. It just turns into gas and dust. Poof. Some estimates suggested that something like 28,000 birds would be killed per year in this plant.

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What’s in a Name: What’s in a Baby Name?

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A lot of my friends have been having babies lately. Being an unmarried lady, I of course have no idea how this could be happening or how to make it stop, but I do feel that I can contribute on one front that often seems to cause trouble and lively debate for new parents: naming. Obviously, you should name your babies after birds. It isn’t as simple as I made it sound, though.

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