News tagged with bird conservation
Warming brings more birds north in winter
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Long-term global warming is prompting North American birds to winter farther north -- a trend more noticeable in Alaska than anywhere else in the nation, according to a new study by the National Audubon Society.
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$14M effort announced to save rare Hawaiian bird
Apr 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal wildlife officials say they plan to spend more than $14 million to prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian crow, one of the rarest forest birds in the world.
Global bird conservation effort lifts off
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Aug 13, 2007 |
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A massive international campaign is set to launch, intended to save the 189 bird species that face extinction.
Scientists pour cold water on EU bird policy
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Feb 27, 2008 |
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New research from the University of Exeter in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin published in the journal Science (22 February 2008) questions claims that EU conservation policy has been successful in pro ...
Using Lasers to Map Bird Habitat
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lasers are providing scientists with new tools for mapping, protecting, and restoring bird habitat along rivers. In a paper published in the October issue of Ecological Applications, scientists from PRBO C ...
More than 217 U.S. birds species imperiled
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Nov 28, 2007 |
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The Audubon Society and the American Bird Conservancy have identified 217 U.S. bird species as being the nation's most imperiled.
Lost cuckoo breaks its silence
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Feb 26, 2007 |
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A team of biologists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recorded for the first time the call of the extremely rare Sumatran ground cuckoo, found only on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.
New bird discovered after its extinction
Mar 26, 2009 |
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After almost 120 years in the Natural History Museum collections, a new Colombian bird has been discovered, and proclaimed extinct.
Bizarre bald bird discovered
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An odd songbird with a bald head living in a rugged region in Laos has been discovered by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and University of Melbourne, as part of a project ...
Feds to reconsider protecting mountain plovers
Aug 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal officials will reconsider whether a bird that breeds in Colorado and neighboring states and summers in California should be protected.
Bermuda says rare national bird born on reserve
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A fuzzy fledgling of Bermuda's national bird, spotted on a secluded offshore sanctuary this week, may help bring the rare creature back from the brink of extinction.
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