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Bird Names For Birds
It’s long past time to consider, learn, care about, and correct a problem in our nomenclature for birds. via Historical Bios
Posted in academics, animal behavior, bird banding, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, career, environment, evolution, history, IUCN, mentoring, National Audubon Society, nature deficit disorder, No Child Left Inside, ornithological newsletter, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged #AOS, #BirdNamesForBirds, #nomenclature, EDI, environment, history, ornithology, science, URM
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Your life is profoundly meaningful
It’s quite simple, really. The matter in our universe is comprised of the same elements throughout. Proportions differ and it might be mixed together differently here and there, but it’s the same stuff. Some of those mixes develop self-replication under … Continue reading
Posted in academics, animal behavior, birds/nature, editorial, environment, evolution, history, life, Links, mentoring, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged #cosmos, astrobiology, bison, buffalo, Carl Sagan, education, environment, George Catlin, history, intelligence, life, Marie Curie, meaning, nature, nebulae, pale blue dot, research, Revelation, science, sentience, universe
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How much can you miss?
I’m always puzzled by students who habitually miss class. I don’t mean the students who are facing serious challenges of one type or another, I mean the ones who wake up and decide, “Nah.” The student – or someone – … Continue reading
Posted in academics, animal behavior, career, editorial, life, mentoring, professional development, skepticism and science
Tagged attendance, best practice, career development, college, education, effect on grade, go to class, higher education, how much you can miss, professionalism, skipping class, truancy, university
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My lifer Whooping Crane – something I thought I might never see
It’s been a long time coming, but I was recently guided to my lifer WHOOPING CRANE by my nephews Benjamin and Matt Hack (+ special guest star Matt’s friend Kaitie) at a lake near Dexter, Michigan. This is an ENDANGERED … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, bird banding, birding, birds/nature, editorial, Endangered Species Act, environment, history, IUCN, migrants, population estimates, wildlife
Tagged ABA, Aransas NWR, birding, consevation, endangered species, ESA, extinction, Michigan, success story, USFWS, Whooping Crane, wildlife, Wood Buffalo NP
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One to watch: Nick Russo’s Ecology of Bird Movement and Dispersal
via Research Follow the link above to the Nick Russo’s website Ecology of Bird Movement and Dispersal. Interesting work and a lot more to come I’d wager!
Kerri J. Smith – beaked whales
via Research I found another bright young scientist to amplify today. This is Kerri J. Smith, who is studying Sowerby’s beaked whale. No, I’d never heard of this species either. #TIL
Posted in academics, animal behavior, birds/nature, editorial, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, history, IUCN, population estimates, population monitoring, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged environment, Kerri J. Smith, Mesoplodon bidens, nature, Sowerby's beaked whale
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The Wild Side for April 2019
Check out the latest newsletter of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Wildlife Diversity Program. Note: Only do this if you want to learn cool stuff about wildlife in the Sooner State and how to support them through your education … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, bat conservation, bird banding, birding, birds/nature, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, IUCN, life, Links, migrants, monarch butterfly, National Audubon Society, No Child Left Inside, Partners in Flight, population estimates, population monitoring, professional development, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged chestnut-collared longspur, citizen science, gray treefrog, herps, non-game, ODWC, Oklahoma, pollinators, The Wild Side, Wildlife Diversity Program, wildscaping
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The nightjars are returning! — A Feathered Reptile
The world needs to better appreciate the unique style of of Gretchen Newberry and her use of art in her #SciComm! This just in! The last of the migrants are on their way back, as evidenced by this announcement by … Continue reading
Posted in academics, animal behavior, bat conservation, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, life, migrants, National Audubon Society, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged A Feathered Reptile, Caprimulgiformes, environment, Gretchen Newberry, migration, nature, nightjar, science, writing
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Handbook of the Birds of the World newsletter #50
The August newsletter of HBW Birds Alive– a milestone as the 50th in this series – has just been released. I’ve already lost track of how many new things I just learned in a few minutes’ browsing. Highlights:
Posted in animal behavior, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, environment, evolution, HBW Alive, IUCN, migrants, population estimates, population monitoring, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged biogeography, Golden Masked-owl, HBW Alive, Internet Bird Collection, ornithology, phylogenetics, Rain Quail, Siwa Reed Warbler, Southern Dark Newtonia, systematics, taxonomy, Torrent Tyrannulet
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Audubon’s The Birds of America at the University of Michigan
Since touring the natural history collections at the University of Michigan a few years ago, I have included an abridged version of this tale in my classes when trying to impress upon them the significance of John James Audubon and … Continue reading
Posted in academics, animal behavior, birding, birds/nature, editorial, environment, history, National Audubon Society, wildlife
Tagged Black and Yellow Warbler, James Tobin, John James Audubon, John Syme, Magnolia Warbler, The Birds of America, The Heritage Project, University of Michigan, Zina Pitcher
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HBW Alive – newsletter #45
I’m always excited when I see the notice in my inbox of a new newsletter from Handbook of the Birds of the World. Here’s the first thing that caught my eye in this one: Okay. First, I am going to … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, environment, HBW Alive, hummingbirds, IUCN, life, population estimates, population monitoring, wildlife
Tagged biodiversity, Black-chinned Whistler, Gould's Inca, HBW Alive, Internet Bird Collection, natural history, ornithology, Rusty-breasted Whistler, Western Quail-thrush, Western Shrike-tit
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Remote sensing for wildlife detection
Post provided by Tracey Hollings In an age of rapid technological advances, ecologists need to keep abreast of how we can improve or reinvent the way we do things. Remote sensing technology and image analysis have been developing rapidly and … Continue reading
HBW Alive #42 – December 2017
The latest newsletter update from the Handbook of the Birds of the World is out, and it took me about 10 seconds to open the file and learn something new. In this case, the first thing I learned was that … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, deforestation, Endangered Species Act, environment, evolution, HBW Alive, IUCN, life, wildlife
Tagged Grey-browed Wren, Handbook of the Birds of the World, HBW Alive, Herve' Jacob, New Guinea Highlands, Nick Athanas, Snow Mountain Tiger-parrot
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Vicarious early winter in Vermont
Snow squalls sweep across the mountains in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. ./ © K.P. McFarland Fear not, during these short days and long nights of December, we’re still finding plenty of life in the fading light. Once we pass … Continue reading
Posted in animal behavior, birding, birds/nature, environment, evolution, life, Links, migrants, weather, wildlife
Tagged climate, deer yard, diapause, environment, fir, irruption, kinglet, mourning cloak, science, snow, Vermont Center for Ecostudies, winter
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AUTHOR BLOG: To the Grasshopper Sparrow, the Grass May Be Greener on the Other Side — Auk & Condor Updates
Emily Williams Linked paper: Patterns and correlates of within-season breeding dispersal: A common strategy in a declining grassland songbird by E.J. Williams and W.A. Boyle, The Auk: Ornithological Advances 135:1, January 2018. Late in the summer of 2013, when Alice … Continue reading
Posted in academics, animal behavior, bird banding, bird evolution, birding, birds/nature, environment, evolution, Links, skepticism and science, wildlife
Tagged Alice Boyle, dispersal, Emily Williams, Flint Hills, Grasshopper Sparrow, grassland birds, Kansas State University, Konza Prairie, Ornithological Advances, ornithology, territoriality
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July 2017 iNaturalist Vermont Photo-Observation of the Month — Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Has a Painted Lady ever looked more ravishing? If you haven’t discovered iNaturalist, it’s time. Painted Lady nectaring on coneflower. /© Bryan Pfeiffer Congratulations to Bryan Pfeiffer for winning the July 2017 iNaturalist Vermont photo-observation of the month contest. His … Continue reading
