American Ornithology V3: Or The Natural History Of The Birds Of The United States
WarblerWatch (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
(Drawing of Bachman's Warbler, left) Here’s three questions I’ve received recently, but I’m too busy with deadlines this week (and, in addition, I’m preparing to teach an Ornithology class at Merritt College that begins soon, I’ve got “one-liners” for answers. 1. Warbler Guy: How many wood-warbler (Parulidae Family) members are there within the A.O.U. checklist...
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Farmland birds like skylarks and grey partridges have declined by more than half in the last 30 years according to new Government statistics. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Published: 7:00AM GMT 30 Oct 2009 The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) English farmland bird index, which covers 19 birds including yellowhammer and woodpigeon, showed a continued trend in declining...
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
By John Platt More than half of the U.K.'s rarest birds have seen recent population increases, according to the 10th annual "State of the U.K.'s Birds" report ( pdf ) . Published by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in association with several local conservation groups, the report assesses the status of 210 bird species. Of the 63 rarest U.K. bird species (those with fewer...
Living the Scientific Life (Scienti (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
tags: Rough-billed Pelican , American White Pelican , Pelecanus erythrorhynchos , birds , mystery bird , bird ID quiz [Mystery birds] American White Pelican, sometimes known as the Rough-billed Pelican due to the structure that develops on the upper mandible of breeding adults, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos , photographed at Smith Point, Texas. Numerous Broad-winged hawks, Buteo platypterus (background)...
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
By Ben Cubby, October 27, 2009 AUSTRALIA must create a new, expanded network of protected wetlands around its coastline or see many bird, animal and plant species become extinct as sea levels rise, the House of Representatives report says. It recommended that the Government should urgently assess the vulnerability of Kakadu National Park to the intrusion of salt water into its fresh water wetlands....
Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Like the human language, bird singing demonstrates a remarkable capacity for variation. Some bird species have the ability to modify their dialects over the course of a single generation—if not less. The indigo bunting and yellow-rumped cacique, for instance, have been known to change their tune in a year or less. In other cases, species like the wood thrush have kept the dialects used by their...
A DC Birding Blog (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Sora (Porzana carolina) / Photo by Mike Baird Bird and birding news Twelve endangered puaiohi , or small Kauai thrush, were released on Kauai in Hawaii after being raised in captivity at the San Diego Zoo. The release is part of an effort to boost the species's population. Before it became a hawk-watching site, Hawk Mountain was a popular place for hunters to gather and shoot migrating raptors . That...
Cryptozoology Online: Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
RIGHT: Corvus unicolor, the long-lost Banggai Crow, was rediscovered on Indonesia's Peleng Island. Photo by Philippe Verbelen 13-Oct-2009 Michigan State University ornithologist confirms species EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Known to science only by two century-old specimens, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island, thanks in part to a American ornithologist. The Banggai Crow will be listed now in the latest edition of an influential ornithology handbook.
The Panda's Thumb (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
From our good friends at The Onion…...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Michigan State University ornithologist confirms speciesKnown to science only by two specimens described in 1900, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientist.The Banggai Crow was believed by many to be extinct until Indonesian biologists finally secured two new specimens on Peleng Island in 2007. Pamela...
Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Known to science only by two century-old specimens, a critically endangered crow has re-emerged on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island thanks in part to a Michigan State University scientist. The Banggai Crow will be listed now in the latest edition of an influential ornithology handbook.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Microscopic examination of an archaeopteryx fossil suggests that the species was a feathered dinosaur that did not have the characteristics of a modern bird.
Nature (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
SirWe welcome the recent announcement by the conservation partnership BirdLife International that they have launched a “global bid to try to confirm the continued existence of 47 species of bird that have not been seen for up to 184 years” (see http://go.nature.com/6Hc2Cn). But
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
S.F. State Prof: Comparision of Republicans to Neanderthals Is Insulting -- To Neanderthals - San Francisco News - The Snitch Anyhow, Caldararo finds the comparison of Neanderthals and Republicans to be particularly ill-suited because of the realities of global warming. Is it not ironic that the party unable to acknowledge the existence of climate change has been compared to a species that was noteworthy...
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caniwi | 01/22/2009
Designing A Bird House When starting to build your backyard birdhouse it is essential to distinguish the species or family of the birds that usually visit your garden or backyard. Birds have to be one of the best ways of enjoying your garden. C...
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