Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Creative Critically Endangered. The largest flying bird in North America, the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) has a wingspan of nearly ten feet. A captive-breeding program is slowly restoring the species, its numbers reduced to a few dozen by egg poaching and poisons in the 1970s. Photographed at Phoenix Zoo, […]
via The Californian Condor is disappearing. — Old Guv Legends
The following release has been published by Nature Conservancy Canada, and relates to the International Shorebird Survey which we have partnered in launching in Manitoba this fall (full story found here). The release is timely following our initial surveys at Whitewater Lake and Oak Lake (survey report 1, survey report 2) Nature Conservancy of Canada, partners […]
via Partner Media Release – Shorebird populations declining — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
Knowing approximately how many individuals of a certain species are out there is important for bird conservation efforts, but raw data from bird surveys tends to underestimate bird abundance. The researchers behind a new paper from The Condor: Ornithological Applications tested a new statistical method to adjust for this and confirmed several mathematical tweaks that […]
via A Better Way to Count Boreal Birds — Auk & Condor Updates
This 2017 video says about itself: Top 10 Rarest Birds Birds are the living gems of planet Earth. With their fascinating coloured plumes and beautiful calls, it’s no wonder that so many people find relaxation in bird watching. However, with the advent of global warming and an otherwise rapidly changing environment, some bird species are […]
August 12th was the day of the Manitoba IBA Programs Delta Marsh blitz. Forecasts of 36 degrees, smoke from the forest fires of western Canada and high humidex indices had given us some hard thinking before going ahead. We did, and Tim Poole reports on how the morning progressed. The confusion started on Thursday morning. […]
via The Results of the Delta Marsh IBA Blitz — Manitoba Important Bird Areas Program
