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The latest news from Surfbirds (as of Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:04:20 GMT):

2024-03-08 17:33:25 +0000: New Wildlife Habitat Bill Is Introduced, but More Resources are Needed to Recover Birds and Other Wildlife
The America's Wildlife Habitat Conservation Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Bruce Westerman (R-AR), provides funding for wildlife conservation projects at the state and tribal levels. However, it will also repeal critical funding and programs managed by NOAA and the Bureau of Reclamation under the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment […]

2024-03-07 08:00:01 +0000: Hawaiian Electric Co. and Maui County Face Lawsuit to Protect Imperiled Hawaiian Seabirds
Conservation Groups Demand Action to Stop Harm from Power Lines and Streetlights. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Conservation Council for HawaiÊ»i, represented by Earthjustice, notified Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) and Maui County that they face possible litigation challenging harm to imperiled Hawaiian seabirds caused by power lines and streetlights on Maui and Lcna'i. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires the conservation […]

2024-03-06 07:45:19 +0000: Final Incidental Take Rule Offers Eagle Populations Stability
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has announced final revised regulations for permits under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act that will go into effect April 12, 2024. The final rule establishes both general and specific permits. General permits would be for four activities: wind energy, powerlines, disturbance take, and nest take. In contrast, specific permits are issued […]

2024-03-05 07:38:56 +0000: Mosquito Control Project to Save Honeycreepers Underway on Maui and Kaua'i
Several Hawaiian honeycreepers are facing imminent extinction due to avian malaria carried by invasive Southern House Mosquitoes. Members of the multi-agency partnership Birds, Not Mosquitoes (BNM) have begun releasing non-biting male Southern House Mosquitoes on Maui and Kaua'i that reduce invasive mosquito reproduction and cause their populations to decrease. Following years of rigorous study and analysis, the releases began in November […]

2024-03-04 07:37:26 +0000: New Reserve in Colombia will Protect Endangered Cundinamarca Antpitta
The Cundinamarca Antpitta, documented for the first time in 1989, numbers only in the hundreds. Before it had even received a name, what would soon be known in English as the Cundinamarca Antpitta, a relatively nondescript, olive-brown antpitta, let out an unfamiliar call that caught the ear of a seasoned birder. That was in 1989. Now, […]

2024-03-03 07:24:39 +0000: Flaco the Owl’s Death is a Call to Action for Bird-friendly Buildings
Flaco, an Eurasian Eagle-Owl, first gained fame when he escaped the Central Park Zoo after an act of vandalism of his enclosure over a year ago. His presence in Central Park drew bird lovers from New York City and beyond eager to catch a glimpse of an enigmatic "” and very large "” owl. Flaco […]

2024-03-02 07:11:11 +0000: European Parliament seals the deal on Nature Restoration Law
The Nature Restoration Law represents an historic opportunity to bring nature back to Europe. At a time when the continent is ravaged by floods, droughts and fires, this law will help secure a safer and healthier future for Europeans. Despite last-minute efforts of far-right and conservative groups, and disinformation from anti-nature lobbies to torpedo the […]

2024-03-01 08:10:34 +0000: Saving East Asia's Last Dalmatian Pelicans
By understanding the culture and traditions of Mongolia, conservationists have developed targeted outreach in the hopes of saving one of the rarest birds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. At the end of the Dalmatian Pelican breeding season in 2006, a researcher was searching along the shores of Lake Airag in western Mongolia for signs of the […]

2024-02-29 08:00:51 +0000: Mixed fortunes for UK's herons and egrets
Surveys show colonising egrets and Spoonbills continuing to increase in many parts of the UK, while breeding Grey Herons seem slow in bouncing back following recent declines. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) marked World Wetlands Day (2 February) with the latest findings from its long-running Heronries Census. First launched back in 1928, the study set out to […]

2024-02-28 07:56:30 +0000: British gulls contribute to plastic pollution in European wetlands
Researchers in Spain have discovered that gulls visiting from Britain are transporting significant amounts of plastic waste from landfill sites to key wetland areas. The threats posed by plastic pollution to marine environments have long been understood but this study sheds new light on the potential problems faced by freshwater sites. A paper recently published by the […]



Ornithology - The Science of Birds

The latest news from Ornithology - The Science of Birds (as of Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:04:21 GMT):

2023-12-03 23:23:19 +0000: Economic View of Birdwatching
There's a recent (Oct 2023) article in the journal Ornithological Applications entitled "Historical racial redlining and contemporary patterns of income inequality negatively affect birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles, California." It's rather complex but the basic idea is that well-to-do or even moderate-income neighborhoods have a greater diversity of birds than do low-income …

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2023-11-26 17:01:29 +0000: The Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
Regularly I like to blog about some of the more interesting birds of the world. Today, one of the 45 species of Birds-of-Paradise. Birds-of-Paradise, family Paradisaedae, are only found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and a small part of Australia. In the early years of exploration, European Traders shipped Bird-of-Paradise skins from New Guinea to collectors …

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2023-11-19 16:41:11 +0000: The Naming Controversy
I earlier discussed the proposal by the American Ornithologist's Union (AOU) to change the common names of birds named after people. Let me add a little more here. Will this lead to a change in scientific names as well? The AOU changed McCown's Longspur to the Thick-billed Longspur because of McCown's support of slavery as …

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2023-11-12 17:02:21 +0000: The Snakebird
I like to alternate my posts between scientific and philosophical musings with looks at some interesting birds. Today the bird is the Anhinga. The word “anhinga” is derived from the native Brazilian Tupi-Guarani language word “ana’c©nc©a,” which translates to “devil bird”, "snake bird" or “evil spirit of the woods.” The Tupi people (one of the …

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2023-11-05 15:20:55 +0000: Bird Names Changing?
From the Washington Post, November 1, 2023: "The American Ornithological Society (AOU) says it will alter the names of North American birds named after humans, starting with up to 80 of them." Their justifications are that the names are of people with negative reputations - endorsing or participating in slavery, for example - and that …

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2023-10-29 15:59:08 +0000: Common Cuckoo
“Cuckoo” has come to describe someone not fully in control of their mental state, but it has a number of other meanings that you can look up here. But today I’m going to give you the real scoop on the real cuckoo bird. The Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo and cuculus both reflect the bird's …

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2023-10-22 16:42:20 +0000: Japanese “Nightingale”
The English name “nightingale” refers to the Japanese Bush Warbler, a common songbird in Japan. The singing of the bush warbler has encouraged the keeping of these birds as caged birds in homes. To encourage singing the cages of birds were covered with a wooden box with a small paper window that allowed only subdued light …

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2023-10-15 14:46:18 +0000: Japanese Gardens and Birds
Just returned from a three-week trip to Japan. Not a birding trip but I snuck in some birdwatching when I could. Mostly visiting cities and towns and villages, I had a look at several parks and gardens. Japanese gardens are attractive, neat, and clean, but perhaps overly so. One of the elements of Japanese garden …

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2023-09-18 15:51:23 +0000: A Little Hiatus
This just a quick note to subscribers of Onithology.com blog posts. I will be out of the country for a few weeks and won’t be able to publish my blog until early October. If you miss reading my blog, I have written about 400 of them so you can read the ones you missed or …

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2023-09-17 14:38:40 +0000: Migration Time, Again
Fall is migration time in the Northern Hemisphere when birds leave their summer homes to winter at locations to the south; in the spring the migration is reversed, the birds moving from their summer homes to breeding locations in the north. But have you ever thought about the birds living in the Southern Hemisphere? Where …

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