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. But, he continued, some – but not all – of the researchers drove him nuts. Their attitude was “the rules don’t apply to me, I’m a researcher.”
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2021
Thus, the sample appears to skew young (late-30s) relative to my impression of the overall age of the birding community, likely a consequence using eBird as the pool of potential respondents. In other words, the researchers sought to determine attributes important to birders, and how those attributes rank relative to each other.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2018
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. A sample of this process is here.) Although the MBTA’s prohibitions are broad, there are many exceptions, including “take” for scientific research. For species listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2020
Because NAOC is so large, it is more accurate to say I sampled small parts of the enormous event. Fish and Wildlife Service talked about the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria on the wild populations of Puerto Rican Parrots. Last week, I “attended” the virtual North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC). by Eliza M.
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
JUNE 9, 2020
Birders who submit their checklists to eBird likely know that their data may be used to conduct research on avian migration, range, or population. It has also been used by researchers from other fields, such as economists. I emailed the Dr. Lopez and asked about this research and the use of eBird data.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.
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