Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2023
Flight Paths traces the history of migratory research in nine chapters, starting with the earliest attempts to track birds, bird banding/ringing (which she traces back to Audubon), and ending with ‘community science’ projects such as Breeding Bird Surveys and eBird. THIS IMAGE NOT IN THE BOOK. Schulman, 2023.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
.” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” The Hawaiian Crows face much more destructive threats–extreme loss of habitat; malaria, the scourge of so many Hawaiian species; predators–rodents, cats and the ‘Io, the Hawaiian Hawk.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2016
Blackbirds, as a family, often have those simple descriptive names that are easy to mock ( Yellow-rumped Warbler , ugh) until a non-birder comes describing such a species to you and asking for an ID. It is a bird, and it is indeed black, so that part of the tag is accurate enough.
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2008
We estimate that one in four species is threatened with extinction and that the population of one in two is declining," the researchers said in a report to be published Friday in the journal Science. Tags: extinction. The findings were being released Monday at the IUCN meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. Consumptive & Non-consumptive Users.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2018
Having never birded in Mexico at all I was initially concerned about identifying the myriad species that can be seen. But rather than just use field guides for visual field marks and xeno-canto for sounds I have discovered a fun way to help me prepare that also contributes to citizen science in a small but noticeable way.
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