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2015-2016 Gulf of Alaska Seabird Mortality Events
Seabird mortality events (mostly Common Murres) have been reported since spring 2015 throughout the northern Gulf of Alaska. Below are updates from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Migratory Bird Management. 6 December 2015 update by Robb Kaler, Kathy Kuletz and Liz Labunski, FWS Migratory Bird Management Since spring (31 March 2015), seabird mortality events […]
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How to Protect the Birds That Fly the Farthest
By Becca Cudmore, Audubon Magazine A new study in Science shows that almost all migratory birds are threatened somewhere along their ranges. In autumn of 1792, English ornithologist Gilbert White was prying into an old thatched roof in his town of Selborne, England in search of sleeping birds. He was trying to find out where local swallows […]
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Paulson Institute and Chinese Partners Publish Blueprint of Coastal Wetland Conservation and Management in China
Read in Chinese Press Release from Paulson Institute Study shows that coastal wetlands are critically endangered, with reclamation set to cross government “red line” Beijing, China—In partnership with China’s State Forestry Administration and the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Paulson Institute today released reports of […]
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Shorebird Surveys in Western Alaska Help us Understand Human Alterations on the Nonbreeding Grounds
Written by Richard Lanctot and Stephen Brown To understand the status of shorebirds residing in a given area, we need to know how many birds there are, what habitats they need, and how their numbers are changing over time. In many cases, obtaining a good estimate of bird numbers can best be done on the breeding […]
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We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas
Sam Nicol, Iadine Chadès, Richard Fuller, and Takuya Iwamura The world record for the longest non-stop unpowered flight is held by a Bar-tailed godwit that travelled 11,600 km from Alaska to New Zealand in just over eight days. This bird’s remarkable journey was part of one of nature’s marvels, the annual migration of five million shorebirds […]
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Relevant Scientific Articles updated in Apr 2015
If you need full scientific articles, please contact Dr Judit Szabo, the science officer. ANATIDAE Fox, A. D., K. Kuhlmann Clausen, L. Dalby, T. K. Christensen, and P. Sunde. 2015. Age-ratio bias among hunter-based surveys of Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope based on wing vs. field samples. Ibis 157:391–395. CRANES Khan, A., P. Chandan, […]
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Service Protects Red Knot as Threatened Under the Endangered Species Act
News Release by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service December 9, 2014 Contact: Laury Parramore 703-358-2541 laury_parramore@fws.gov Designation highlights concern over impacts of climate change, development across Americas The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced federal protection for the rufa subspecies of the red knot, a robin-sized shorebird, designating it as threatened under the Endangered […]
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A Big Comeback for Chinese Crested Terns in the Jiushan Islands, China
All the text and photos by Simba Chan (BirdLife International) The audio-visual social attraction of Chinese Crested Terns at the Jiushan Islands had a second and even more successful year: at least 43 Chinese Crested Terns arrived and stayed on the island of Tiedun Dao this breeding season (from mid-May to early August 2014), […]
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Why Restoring Wetlands Is More Critical Than Ever
Posted on: July 28, 2014 Author: Bruce Stutz Report by Yale Environment 360 Along the Delaware River estuary, efforts are underway to restore wetlands lost due to centuries of human activity. With sea levels rising, coastal communities there and and elsewhere in the U.S. and Europe are realizing the value of wetlands as important […]
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Arctic geese benefiting from climate change
Posted on: January 27, 2014 Author: Horton et al Report by Birdguides Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey report that warming temperatures are leading to the creation of high-quality habitats for geese along the Arctic coast of Alaska. This scientific finding is contrary to the deleterious effects that warming global temperatures are having on habitats […]
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