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Court Upholds Ventura County Ordinances to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity — Natural History Wanderings

The National Parks Conservation Association  reports A pair of Ventura County ordinances that increases protections for wildlife corridors has prevailed after a judge ruled on the side of county leaders and conservationists. The tentative rulings, expected to be finalized next week, uphold Ordinance No. 4537 and Ordinance No. 4539, which were approved by the board of […]

Court Upholds Ventura County Ordinances to Safeguard Wildlife Connectivity — Natural History Wanderings
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Sand Dunes at Abbotts Lagoon — Jet Eliot

Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes, CA A recent Valentine’s Day visit to Abbotts Lagoon took us past the lagoon, adventuring along the sand dunes. Abbotts Lagoon is an area within Point Reyes National Seashore, Northern California. More info: Abbotts Lagoon Wikipedia. Point Reyes is a unique place on earth because it is at the junction of […]

Sand Dunes at Abbotts Lagoon — Jet Eliot
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Building Bird Friendly Buildings — Natural History Wanderings

media release from American Bird Conservancy Massive Redevelopment Effort in Virginia’s Tysons May Set National Environmental Benchmark Conceptual rendering of a planned buildings for Tysons Corner, VA. Image courtesy of R2L: Architects, PLLC (Washington, D.C., April 22, 2013) There is a perhaps little known but potentially significant component to the massive redevelopment effort taking place […]

Building Bird Friendly Buildings — Natural History Wanderings
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Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition — Natural History Wanderings

NPR  reports The bald eagle population has slowly recovered from the impact of a pesticide that nearly drove them to extinction decades ago. But now researchers at Cornell University have found that lead ammunition continues to hamper the resilience of these American icons. Read more at  Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition […]

Bald eagle recovery hampered by use of lead ammunition — Natural History Wanderings
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Wolves Are Being Slaughtered in the West  — Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times has an opinion piece on the slaughter of wolves A slaughter of wolves is underway in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming that has no precedent in the past 100 years. Hunters in Idaho can shoot or trap as many as they like year-round on private land. They can lure wolves within gun range […]

Wolves Are Being Slaughtered in the West  — Natural History Wanderings
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The Snipe — Jet Eliot

Wilson’s Snipe (R) with a pair of Cinnamon Teal, Cosumnes River Preserve, CA I had the fortune of seeing a family of snipe this week. This is a bird that few people notice or know of, and some people think is imaginary. Wilson’s Snipe, California Wilson’s Snipe, Gallinago delicata, is in the shorebird family: Scolopacidae. […]

The Snipe — Jet Eliot
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Great Backyard Bird Count – February 12-15, 2021.  — Natural History Wanderings

Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February! Learn how to participate at  Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us February 12-15, 2021. When the world comes together for the love of birds

Great Backyard Bird Count – February 12-15, 2021.  — Natural History Wanderings
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Wild Horse Advocates – Truth Or Consequences — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

by William Simpson II Wild horse advocate Staci-lee Sherwood has a new article about wild horses just out at the Pagosa Daily Post in Colorado.   Appaloosa stallion ‘Blue Boy’ at Wild Horse Ranch. Photo: William E. Simpson II Sherwood’s new fact-based article is helping to raise the awareness of the damage being levied upon […]

Wild Horse Advocates – Truth Or Consequences — Straight from the Horse’s Heart
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Good news on Snowy Plover habitat — Natural History Wanderings

Golden Gate Audubon reports This week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated 24,527 acres along the Pacific Coast as critical habitat for endangered Western Snowy Plovers — an important step towards ensuring the species’ recovery and ultimate survival. The FWS action ends several years of legal conflict over how much land would be designated […]

Good news on Snowy Plover habitat — Natural History Wanderings
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