On May 4, Cornell Lab and eBird sponsor Global Big Day. Will you join more than 30,000 others and become a part of Global Big Day? You don’t have to commit to birding for 24 hours—an hour or even 10 minutes of watching birds makes you part of the team. Visit your favorite spot or […] …
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The gardening season is upon us. Tools are being dusted down, plans are afoot. It’s a time to relish the yearly potential of a garden or outdoor space. And once again we are delighted to be teaming up with Keep Scotland Beautiful to celebrate a successful pollinator-friendly approach taken by a volunteer community. We had […] …
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Masai Mara, Kenya. via Alone ! — Light Touch
Some of the wintering birds have left, but many remain, and our breeding birds are arriving. The air may be filled with swallows. Grebes, loons, pelicans, ducks, egrets, hawks, shorebirds, flycatchers, orioles, finches, ad infinitum. Some of the great birds we’ve had in April are: Brant, Clark’s Grebe, Osprey, American Kestrel, Virginia Rail, Sora, Snowy […] …
After severe weather in 2016 a large penguin colony at the Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica never recovered. via Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drown — BBC News - Science & Environment
Three noisy falcon chicks hungry for food reveal themselves in a cathedral spire nest. via Norwich Cathedral peregrine falcons' chicks hatch — BBC News - Science & Environment
Open Letter from AWHC, at WHFF we share their dismay. Dear Wild Horse & Burro Advocates, This is a difficult email to write, but our commitment to protecting America’s wild horses and burros requires us to share this update. AWHC has always placed a high priority on working collaboratively with other wildlife and animal protection […] …
Alsace – Spirit and hormones unfold, along with the flowers down on the ground. via Love in the air — Le Drake Noir
Spring is an amazing and important time for our Seabrook Island shorebirds! Migrating Red Knots are here in growing numbers. After wintering with us, Piping Plovers are heading north to breed. Least Terns, Wilson’s Plovers, and other shorebirds are getting ready to mate and possibly nest on North Beach. It’s a time to enjoy the […] …
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The amount of gear the East Coast lobster fishery puts in the water must be reduced in order to protect a dwindling species of large whale, a federal government team recommended Friday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team wrapped up several days of discussion Friday about ways to reduce… via …
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