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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

September 16, 2014 by Greg 10 Comments

Nobody knows and I’m not going to pretend to tell you. However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as...

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Extinction Week Recap

September 13, 2014 by Mike 1 Comment

Extinction endures long past regret or even memory. We nature lovers, celebrants of life in all its exquisite multiformity, feel more keenly than most...

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

by a Guest 4 Comments

Long-time readers of this blog probably also know Tai Haku, the scuba-diving, tree-planting, bird photographing nature blogger at Earth, Wind, and Water. Back in...

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

by Patrick O'Donnell 2 Comments

When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. You might hear talk about beaches,...

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Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years

September 11, 2014 by Alfredo Begazo 4 Comments

The White-winged guan (Penelope albipennis) was thought to be extinct for 100 years. The Guan had never been seen in the wild after Polish...

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

September 10, 2014 by David 2 Comments

In June, I visited North Dakota for the first time. Like any birder visiting a new place, I had a target species list I...

Birding, Conservation

A Remembrance of Birds Past: The Lost Bird Project

September 8, 2014 by Meredith Mann 3 Comments

It stood like a sentinel at the entrance, lonely, waiting. I was running late, and yet I slowed the car down, to catch as much...

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Tricolored Blackbird in Trouble in California

August 13, 2014 by Larry No Comments

More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds (Agelaius tricolor) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any...

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