Archive for 'Birds'
Ecotourism: Green Problem or Green Solution?
Ecotourism is often presented as the savior for wildlife and wild places — providing local communities with financial incentives to preserve nature while also reducing poaching and development pressure.
But, lately, others question whether rich Westerners jetting around the world really help much at all: They disturb animals, create demands for new development and only employ [...]
Posted: November 4th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Ecosystem Services, Green Living, North America, Protected Areas, South America, Sustainable Livelihoods.
Tags: air travel, avitourism, Brazil, carbon footprint, Climate Change, ecotourism, ecotourism bad, ecotourism good, Galapagos, green travel, Matt Miller, Namibia, Serengeti herd, tourism, Yellowstone National Park
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Photo of the Week: Southward-Bound Sanderling
It’s that time of year when birds start thinking of heading south for the winter (and New Englanders like me wistfully dream about it). Enjoy this great 3-in-1 shot — bird, reflection and shadow – of a sanderling at the beach in Virginia by Flickr user Dave W.
Check out all The Nature Conservancy’s featured daily nature images, [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2009 under Birds, Nature Photo of the Week, United States.
Tags: migratory birds, sanderling, Virginia beach
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, October 30
What’s more frightening than more Americans getting their news from Jon Stewart than a newspaper? When Jon Stewart says putting giant reflective mirrors into space will slow climate change…and he means it! It’s real scary stuff, kids, so we put it last in this morning’s Coolness to give you a good fright for the weekend! [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2009 under Air Pollution, Birds, Climate Change, Climate Science & Research, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Media, Policy, Water Conservation.
Tags: air pollution global warming, bird extinction, bird threat, CleanTechnica, climate change bird, Climate Feedback, Copenhagen, EcoGeek, Freakonomics, global warming, Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart climate, Jon Stewart geoengineering, Journal Watch Online, Nature Reports Climate Change, Science air pollution, Science magazine, solar farm water, solar water, Steven Dubner, Steven Levitt, The Guardian, Todd Stern, Treehugger, wind turbine bird
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Worry About Air Pollution, Not Just Climate Change
Yes, global warming is a big deal and a big challenge. But sometimes I get so frustrated by conservation and environmental NGO’s for not being able to chew gum and walk at the same time — in other words, for failing to appreciate the real lesson of greenhouse gas emissions.
The real lesson is there is [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2009 under Air Pollution, Animals, Asia Pacific, Birds, China, Climate Change, North America, Protected Areas, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: air pollution, Arctic haze, asthma ozone, Climate Change, Copenhagen, dust storm West, EPA greenhouse gas, global nature, global pollution, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, mercury, mercury baby, mercury healthy, mercury wildlife, National Academy air pollution, National Academy of Sciences, Nature Conservancy air pollution, Nature Conservancy climate, organic pollutant health, ozone, particulate matter, particulate matter health, persistent organic pollutants, Peter Kareiva, pollution agreement, pollution biodiversity
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Cool Green Morning: Thursday, October 29
Does a “green” job make you an environmentalist? Will the world come forward and pay Ecuador not to drill for oil in the Amazon? And how do birds know where to migrate to anyway? We don’t promise all these questions will be answered, but we do guarantee you’ll get the hottest green news links around, or [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2009 under Birds, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Energy, Environmental Science, Forest Trade, Forests, Markets, Policy, Rainforests, South America.
Tags: Copenhagen, deforestation, drilling in the Amazon, Ecuador, Green Inc., green jobs, migratory birds, renewable energy, scientific american, The Vine, top carbon polluters
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Evening Bat Flights: One of Nature’s Great Spectacles
Yes, I’m an avid birder and professional bird conservationist — but that doesn’t mean I don’t take time for other flying things…like hundreds of thousands of bats.
I took a few days off in late August and went down to visit Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern New Mexico, an easy drive for me from my [...]
Posted: October 13th, 2009 under Animals, Birds, Deserts and Aridlands, North America.
Tags: Austin, bat cave, bat flight, Bracken Cave, Carlsbad bat, Carlsbad Caverns, Dave Mehlman, Mexican bat, Mexican free-tailed bat, New Mexico, New Mexico bat, Rattlesnake Springs, ring-tailed cat
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Skagit River: How Farming and Bird Conservation Help Each Other
Successful bird conservation is far harder than it looks. But there are some wonderful examples out there that show how we can have more and better bird habitat and benefit people, too.
One of the coolest examples that I know about is the work being done by The Nature Conservancy in Washington in the delta of [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2009 under Birds, North America, Policy, United States.
Tags: bald eagles, bird blog, bird conservation, bird conservation blog, Dave Mehlman, Dean Forbes, Dunlin, Farm Bill, Farm Bill bird, Farm Bill nature, Farm Bill wildlife, Farming for Wildlife, Field Guide Farm Bill, Greater Yellowlegs, Least Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitcher, Skagit bald eagle, Skagit River, Skagit shorebird, Washington, Western Sandpiper
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Cool Green Morning: Friday, September 18
Can skyscrapers be bird-friendly? Can we talk about climate change? Can we compost dog waste? Yes we can, yes we can, yes we can, kids — all in this morning’s Coolness. Happy weekend!
PETA gives a new 82-story Chicago skyscraper an award for being friendly to birds — incorporating design elements that will minimize bird strikes, [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Arctic, Birds, Business, Climate Change, Cool Green Morning, Fish, Green Living, South America, United States.
Tags: 10000 Birds, anchovy fish, anchovy sustainable, anchovy unsustainable, ANWAR climate, bird friendly building, bird friendly design, Blogfish, Chicago bird skyscraper, Chicago Tribune, Climate Change, dog compost, dog waste, Ecopolitology, Environmental Leader, green business, green company, Green Inc., Ithaca compost dog, PETA, poop compost
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Boucher’s Birding Blog: Delaware Shorebirds in August
Late summer birding!? But it’s still hot in many parts of the country, hot and sultry and not much seems to be happening with songbirds, right? They’re in their post-breeding slump, molting and fattening up, getting ready to go south…
But not every bird. There are birds are on the wing — shorebirds! They are streaming [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2009 under Birds, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Bombay Hook, Boucher, Boucher bird, Boucher bird blog, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Delaware bird migration, Hudsonian Godwit, Hurricane Bill, Hurricane Bill bird, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpiper, shorebird migration, Solitary Sandpiper, summer birding, Tim Boucher, Timothy Boucher
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No Spray Zone: Are Pesticides Really Controlling Invasives?
When faced with invasive, non-native weeds on the range, the first response for many conservationists is to load up a backpack sprayer full of pesticides.
Spraying chemicals toxic to wildlife and people — under the auspices of protecting wildlife and people — is often portrayed as a necessary evil if we want to stop the spread [...]
Posted: September 8th, 2009 under Animals, Birds, Climate Science & Research, Conservation Issues, Invasive species, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Birds, Hells Canyon, Invasive species, leafy spurge, leafy spurge blog, leafy spurge pesticide, Matt Miller, Miles City herbicide, non-native species, Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, pesticide bird, pesticide fish, pesticides, USDA herbicide, war on weeds, weeds
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