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Conservation

The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

December 19, 2019 by Dragan 5 Comments

In mid-December, I was birding along the Beljarica levee (Beh-LYAH-ritza), my local patch north of Belgrade, when something other than birds attracted my attention:...

A Peregrine Falcon, wings spread, held by a biologist

Birds

Corporate Branding of Birds for Conservation: A Modest Proposal

June 28, 2019 by Carrie 2 Comments

I’d learned a lot since the last time I sat in a meeting room even close to this fancy. Mostly, don’t steal breath mints....

Snow Bunting in basic plumage on snowy background.

Reviews

Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams

January 25, 2019 by Carrie No Comments

I’m hardly the first person to observe that it’s all too easy to get overwhelmed by bad environmental news, and the title Endangered and...

Birds

Move, Birds, Get Out the Way!

July 17, 2018 by Meredith Mann 2 Comments

That’s what lots of people have been screaming (well, metaphorically, anyway) as the Northern Hemisphere’s nesting season does a number on various projects and...

Conservation

Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

June 28, 2018 by Larry 24 Comments

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.”...

News

Good News for UK Birds (and Birders)

September 7, 2017 by Meredith Mann No Comments

Some of Great Britain’s most cherished seabirds just got an added layer of protection. Officials designated 12 miles along the coast of Northumberland as...

Conservation, Politics

We Cannot Allow This Administration’s Environmental Policies To Stand

August 10, 2017 by Larry 1 Comment

Not only is the Trump administration going about removing our hard fought environmental protections, they are destroying our reputation around the globe. Withdrawing from...