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Birds:
First Video of Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird's Amazing Courtship
Category: Birds
This is truly amazing. Of course, since this is the first such video, how do we know if this particular little guy is doing it right? First video of the Marvelous Spatuletail Hummingbird's amazing courtship display by Greg R. Homel, Natural Elements Productions and distributed...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Golden Eagle # 49 has Entered the Building
Category: Birds
You know the drill: Someone claims to see a golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) but then some wise-ass bird expert has to tell them that "Immature bald eagles are often mistaken for golden eagles. You saw a bald eagle, not a golden eagle." Reminds me of...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:00 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bird Life International's Position on Climate Change
Category: Birds
The scientific evidence is overwhelming and unequivocal, climate change is a stark reality. It is largely caused by human activities and it presents very serious global risks for people and biodiversity around the world and it demands an urgent global response. Human activities, especially the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 8:08 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Fiji Petrel went extinct 130 years ago. But then it got better.
Category: Species Coming and Going
The last wild Fiji petral specimen collected, an albatross-like bird (as petrels tend to be) that spends much of its time over the open sea, was collected in 1855 fro Gau Island, Fiji. It didn't really go extinct, because in 1984 one was caught on...
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Silence of the Loons
Category: Notes from the North Country
The loons have been strangely silent all weekend, and I have been singularly distracted from them, so it was not until this morning that I realized that the adults are gone....
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Acting for the survival of the species (a falsehood)
Category: Falsehoods
As the mother cougar approached the flood and all hope seemed to diminish, the narrator said "The mother cougar, driven by an instinct to save her species, searched desperately for any sign of the third kitten, who represented the next generation of cougars."
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How do you tell when a bird is really extinct?
Category: Birds
BirdLife International is launching a global bid to try to confirm the continued existence of 47 species of bird that have not been seen for up to 184 years. The list of potentially lost birds is a tantalising mix of species ranging from some inhabiting...
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Let The Eagle Soar
Category: Birds
Golden Eagle I hope I won't disappoint you ... this is not about John Ashcroft. It is about golden eagles (actually, maybe its about one golden eagle in particular)....
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When the eagles are disturbed ...
Category: Notes from the North Country
"Kerrrrrrr... Kerrrrrrr.... " said the eagle. NOT!
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