from Audubon One bright spot in the year that was 2020 has been the time we’ve virtually spent with you during I Saw A Bird. What began as an idea to keep our community connected has taken flight and become one of our favorite hours each month. Join us this Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET […]
Virtual Audubon Program 12/16/20 — Natural History Wanderings
A report from Science Daily. Fossil records depict devastating effect of humans on birds in the Bahamas Though some believe prehistoric humans lived in harmony with nature, a new analysis of fossils shows human arrival in the Bahamas caused some birds to be lost from the islands and other species to be completely wiped out. […]
The first human settlers on islands caused bird extinctions — Repeating Islands
Stuff.com Ninety per cent of New Zealand’s sea birds are at risk of extinction, as “serious pressures” threaten the future of New Zealand’s oceans. The Our Marine Environment 2016 report, released on Thursday by Statistics NZ and the Ministry for the Environment, found that New Zealand had the highest number of threatened seabird species in […]
90 % New Zealand Sea Birds Face Extinction Risk — Natural History Wanderings
Press Release from American Bird Conservancy Up to One Billion Birds May Be Killed Annually in Building Collisions, New Study Says Low-Rise Buildings and Residences Pose Bigger Mortality Threat than Skyscrapers (Washington, D.C., February 7, 2014) In the most comprehensive study of its kind, involving the review and analysis of almost two dozen studies and […]
US Bird Building Collision Deaths May Be As High As One Billion — Natural History Wanderings
Media Release American Bird Conservancy Declining Warbler, 300+ Other Birds to Benefit from Ecuador Land Protection Narupa Reserve Expansion Provides More Winter Habitat for Cerulean Warbler (Washington, D.C., August 6, 2014) The Cerulean Warbler—one of the Americas’ fastest-declining migratory birds—now has more protected wintering habitat in Ecuador, thanks to a cooperative effort by Fundación Jocotoco, […]
Ecuador Increases Habitat For Cerulean Warbler & Over 300 More Species — Natural History Wanderings
Media Release American Bird Conservancy First-ever Reserves Established to Protect Brazil’s Araripe Manakin Critically Endangered Bird Survives on Only 11 Square Miles (Washington, D.C., December 15, 2014) The first-ever bird reserves have been created for the critically endangered Araripe Manakin, a six-inch bird only discovered in 1996 that numbers fewer than 800 individuals and survives […]
First-ever Reserves To Protect Araripe Manakin — Natural History Wanderings
We came upon these Mexican Parrotlets in a coffee field while birding in Mexico a few years ago. One of my favorite aspects of world birding is directly engaging with other lifestyles and communities. Our guide didn’t drive, so he hired his friend Lupe, a taxi driver, and we had the most wonderful […]
Reminder. The 23rd annual GBBC will be held Friday, February 14, through Monday, February 17, 2020. Please visit the official website at birdcount.org for more information and be sure to check out the latest educational and promotional resources. To participate and get more information go to Great Backyard Bird Count
via 23rd Great Backyard Bird Count February 14 to 17 — Natural History Wanderings
Yesterday I went birding at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. I did the five mile auto loop with a friend. We had a number of Bald Eagle sightings. Most abundant were the Snow Geese, White-fronted Geese, American Wigeon, Northern Shovelers, Ring-necked Ducks and Coots. Click read more to see our list of species identified.
via Birding Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge 1/31/20 — Natural History Wanderings
Originally posted on Great Lakes Pelican: With a 9-foot wingspan, American White Pelicans are one of the largest birds in North America. In recent years, the appearance of these massive birds is a more-or-less regular thing in northwest Ohio. But that wasn’t always the case. Before the 1950s, American White Pelicans populated the Great Lakes…
