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State of the Birds Private Lands, Farm Bill, Duck Stamp
State of the Birds: Successes of Protecting Bird Habitat on Private Lands U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released of the 2013 State of the Birds Report on Private Lands … Continue reading
Torrey Pines Trip Report
Here’s a copy of my eBird submission for Saturday’s Torrey Pines walk. The most exciting part of the trip may have been our up-close-and-personal looks at a coiled rattlesnake near the pump station. I assume it was a Southern Pacific … Continue reading
Rare Bluebird Twins Spark Interest
Eastern Bluebird nest with three normal eggs and one large egg (bottom right) containing twins. Photo by Gerald Clark. Earlier this month, we received a report of an anomaly in an Eastern Bluebird nest in State College, Pennsylvania. The nest … Continue reading
Bird watching becoming more popular with 20- and 30-somethings
By Kim Hone-McMahan Beacon Journal staff writer Published: June 28, 2013 – 04:56 PM | Updated: July 1, 2013 – 12:35 PM Participants in the Beginning Birders: Red-Headed Woodpeckers program put on by the MetroParks Serving Summit County look … Continue reading
Farmers and Wildlife Service Fight to Save California’s Blackbirds
Audubon California Tricolored blackbirds are under siege in northern California from a loss of habitat. Lynn Armitage July 07, 2013 Concern is growing among wildlife officials over the rapidly diminishing population of tricolored blackbirds, specifically in California, which has … Continue reading
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The BP Oil Spill – 3 Years Later
On the three year memorial of the BP Oil Spill disaster I wanted to share with you one very important fact. BP has been lying to you! Due to decades of abuse by the oil and gas industry and a … Continue reading
Arizona Hummingbird Challenge
How do birds navigate?
Jul 17th 2013, 23:50 by T.S. FOR decades scientists have known that birds’ ability to navigate with great accuracy over long distances, in some cases migrating from one side of the world to the other, relies on a magnetic sense … Continue reading
Inspiring Videos: Natural Solutions for Natural Disasters
You can help reduce the impact of destructive megafires and improve the health of our forests and grasslands by supporting our team of fireworkers. Watch Video » Act Now » With the help of supporters like you, The Nature Conservancy … Continue reading
3 Years Of Gulf Oil Spill Photos Show Ongoing Impact
July 15, 2013 marks the third anniversary of BP stopping an uncontrolled flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly three months after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded and killed 11 men, BP capped the undersea well that … Continue reading
Audubon California News — July 2013
AUDUBON CALIFORNIA NEWS July 2013 GHO and Pygmy Owl, David Hunter. Great Horned Owls are the largest owl in North America, the Pygmy Owl is the second smallest owl in North America. Both of these owls are full grown and are … Continue reading
Audubon July Advisory
July 2013 Saltmarsh Sparrows are extremely vulnerable to even a slight rise in sea level, since they nest exclusively in marsh habitat along the Northeast coast. (Photo by nebirdsplus / Flickr Creative Commons) President Obama Announces Plan to Combat Climate … Continue reading
Audubon Newsletter: 8 Summer Birding Trails
(Illustration by Noah Woods) 8 Great Summer Birding Trails From Maine to California, here’s our guide to planning your road trip around some unforgettable birding. These birding trails wend through charming towns and rural outposts, while also connecting the … Continue reading
Ugly Spider
Carolyn Stables (PAS Member) found this in her garden: More Information on the Spider: Species Argiope argentata – Silver Argiope Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Arachnida (Arachnids) Order Araneae (Spiders) Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders) No Taxon (Entelegynes … Continue reading
Tijuana Slough NWR Trip Report
Birders, Here is the McCoy trail south report. The McCoy trail north report will follow next. Any corrections, please let me know. Thanks for all your help in finding the birds. I don’t think anyone continued to bird 7th St., … Continue reading
Deadly Wildfires Permanently Changing Arizona’s Desert Forest Wildlife Habitats?
Dean Peak Wildfire, Arizona (Bureau of Land Management/Herberta Schroeder) America’s worst wildfire-fighting tragedy in generations struck on Sunday as 19 firefighters were killed near Yarnell, Arizona. The impacts of the firestorm on wildlife and ecosystems … Continue reading
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Rare Thrushes are Losing Habitat to Climate Change
from Wildlife Promise 2 6/27/2013 // Kelly Senser // Bicknell’s thrush, climate change, migratory birds, New Hampshire Audubon, NWF affiliate Despite closing down in 1984, the Mittersill Ski Area in New Hampshire’s White Mountains never stopped attracting skiers. Wooed by … Continue reading
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Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week #45
Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Explorers Journal on July 15, 2013 Hoopoes found across the vast region of Afro-Eurasia and are most notable for their distinctive ‘crown’ of feathers and darting flight pattern. (Lennart Hessel) … Continue reading