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Agency finds climate change taking toll on California – SFGate
David Perlman – Updated 9:13 am, Thursday, August 8, 2013 In this 2009 file photo, the water level sits at 71 feet below normal at Shasta Lake in Northern California. A new state report stated Californians will have to deal with … Continue reading
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In a Berkeley park, a bluebird displays unusual behavior
August 5, 2013 9:00 am by Elaine Miller Bond This young western bluebird — a “helper” — has been feeding wiggling meals to his baby siblings. Photo: Elaine Miller Bond. Last year, Rusty Scalf, teacher and trip leader for … Continue reading
Introducing American Birds: Your Citizen Science Newsletter
Welcome to the Apex of Bird Diversity The Andean Cock-of-the-rock. (Photo by bfick/Flickr Creative Commons) The Eastern slope of the Andes just south of the Equator may be the most species-rich bird habitat on the planet. Last year, participants in … Continue reading
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Bird Cams eNews: Heron Highlights Slideshow, Ospreys Fledging
Bird Cams eNews Heron Highlights Amid crashing thunderstorms, sweltering heat, and cool foggy mornings, the Great Blue Herons of Sapsucker Woods raised a boisterous trio of young herons this season. Whether you’ve watched from the very beginning or only discovered … Continue reading
Supersized study: citizen science finds grebe that some feared losing
Aug 6th, 2013 @ 02:17 pm › Caren Cooper There are many ways to be uppity in today’s world: stand up, step up, cowboy up, get fired up, stirred up, or simply wake up. Now consider a new one: scaling … Continue reading
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If teenage birds can’t make friends, their love life is screwed
Alasdair Wilkins Yesterday 3:00pm Before they start mating as adults, birds like the zebra finch spend their adolescence socializing with members of the opposite sex. And it turns out that their childhood friendships end up predicting how well they will … Continue reading
PAS Field Trip Results – Robb Field/Famosa Slough
Photos: SD Flood Control & Formosa Slough Hi Friends, On Saturday, August 3rd, twenty-four birders met up at Robb Field and then Famosa Slough for a morning of really fun birding. The weather was perfect and we found 50 bird … Continue reading
How Many Species Of Birds Have Been Seen on PAS Bird Walks?
At a recent bird walk Dave Matthis wondered this question out loud as he was counting birds seen on the walk. Well for the past seven or so years I have been keeping track of birds seen on bird walks … Continue reading
Gull population explosion puts endangered species at greater risk
Published: July 21, 2013 at 10:14 PM HAYWARD, Calif., July 21 (UPI) — An exploding population of sea gulls is putting more pressure on endangered bird species in the San Francisco Bay area, experts say. Tens of thousands of … Continue reading
YardMap News: YardMap gets an upgrade
The Dirt: News from YardMap Joining together to break new ground for birds July 2013 New features in YardMap make drawing easier! Shown is one of two new cactus icons, plus the new “undo” button. Take a YardMap Break … Continue reading
Field Trip – Guajome Regional Park – 7/27/13
Hello Everyone… Twenty three birders were treated to a pleasant day of birding at Guajome Regional Park. The day started off cool and overcast and ended up sunny well before we were finished. We had an unusual sighting of three … Continue reading
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #46
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on July 27, 2013 Red-and-yellow barbets are found in eastern Africa, preferring broken terrain due to nesting and roosting in burrows. (Markus Lilje / www.rockjumperbirding.com) Semiplumbeous hawks are found … Continue reading
Animal Sex: How Birds Do It
By Elizabeth Palermo, Life’s Little Mysteries Contributor | July 25, 2013 09:27pm ET Sure, birds can fly, but how do they have sex? Can they do it in the air? And where do they keep their reproductive organs? For humans … Continue reading
Rare Siberian Birds Draw Crowds to IB
Lesser Sand Plover. Photo credit: Gary Nunn Three species of birds typically found in other parts of the world were spotted near Imperial beach last week, and bird enthusiasts flocked from across the region and western United States to see the … Continue reading
Climate change slowdown is due to warming of deep oceans, say scientists
Climate sceptics have seized on a pause in warming over the past five years, but the long-term trend is still upward Fiona Harvey, environment correspondent The Guardian, Monday 22 July 2013 12.57 EDT Temperature in the northern hemisphere since 1000 … Continue reading
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Tropic bird goes astray, sparks NM birding frenzy
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Associated Press – Tue, Jul 23, 2013 View PhotoAssociated Press/American Birding Association, Jeffrey Gordon – In this undated image provided by the American Birding Association, a Rufous-necked wood-rail walks along the edge of a marsh at … Continue reading
Audubon members help Boy Scouts earn badges
From left, Tristan Meriweather and Will Liebe display the bluebird houses they made with the help of Rich Clark, Northern Arizona Audubon Society member, as part of earning their Boy Scout Bird Study Merit Badges. (Courtesy photo.) July 21, 2013 … Continue reading