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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...

Birds

The long and winding road

September 15, 2014 by Clare K 5 Comments

Birds fascinate us for many reasons. Flight, beauty, the glimpse into the world of dinosaurs, to mention but a few of those reasons. The...

Trips

The Parrots of Howard Beach

by Corey 4 Comments

North of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens is a middle class neighborhood, predominantly Italian-American, known as Howard Beach. Named for William J. Howard,...

Birding

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of September 2014)

by Mike 2 Comments

September migration is a fine time to appreciate birds on the wing, so fine that many of you may have missed many of our Extinction...

Birding

Black Bittern

September 14, 2014 by Clare M 3 Comments

In the few weeks we have been in Palmerston I have been enjoying some great birds and the cycling paths are particularly good and...

Conservation

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...

Conservation

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...