10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2024
We would walk the Pacific Beach promenade, see Shamu at Sea World (this is before Blackfish, mind you), and sample delicious Mexican food in Old Town San Diego. Although the property has seen human impacts, there have been recent efforts to improve water quality and restore this important habitat. San Diego has so much to see and do.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
This week’s guest blog was written by Linda Hufford, who has been a wildlife rehabilitator specializing in raptors for over twenty years. The Moustached Kingfisher was known by only three samples– one female “collected” in the 1920’s, the other two females “collected” in the 1950’s, according to an Audubon Magazine article.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2021
In an effort to better understand the “human dimension” of its conservation efforts, several surveys were conducted, including the National Birdwatching Survey (NBS). Report to the National Flyway Council from the Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and University of Minnesota. Citation: Patton, Stephanie.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2015
It is clear though that Burmese Pythons in South Florida come from a founder or source population as studies showed that DNA samples from snakes caught in the Everglades show they are related to some degree. The impact that pythons are having on native wildlife is not well understood. Photo Credit: US Geological Survey.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
So I put together a “carnival” (of sorts) of Feral Cat Ordinances and Issues that samples current events across the US. The problem of free-roaming cats — and their predation on birds and other wildlife — is hotly contested in communities across the country, and it triggered a lively exchange in the hearing room.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 28, 2015
While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska. Best guess?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2013
Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass. Exhibitors ranged from book publishers to purveyors of telemetry equipment to local bird and wildlife groups. Image by Corey).
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