http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/bnn.xml American Bird Conservancy provides news and information on birds and bird conservation through the Bird News Network en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:55:45 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100729.html The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has reaffirmed a key provision of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)- that persons violating the MBTA do not need to intentionally kill birds to be found guilty - as they ruled on a case brought by two energy companies. The companies, two Kansas oil drilling operators had appealed earlier convictions stemming from 2007 and 2008, when migratory birds were discovered lodged in pieces of their oil drilling equipment called a heater-treater. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:55:45 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100727.html American Bird Conservancy (ABC), today applauded the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's reinstated proposal to list the Mountain Plover as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal requests the public to provide scientific information regarding the reinstated proposal and the newly available information regarding the status of the Mountain Plover. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:55:35 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100726.html Citing concerns about four manufacturing plants in Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia, American Bird Conservancy has called on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to phase out the use of mercury in chlorine and caustic soda production through passage of the Mercury Pollution Reduction Act of 2009. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:10:00 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100720.html The first full photograph of an endangered Ochre-fronted Antpitta in the wild was recently taken by American Bird Conservancy Conservation (ABC) Biologist Daniel Lebbin at Peru's Abra Patricia Bird Reserve. Lebbin photographed a male a short distance from the Owlet ecolodge, within reserve located in northern Peru at an elevation of about 7,000 feet. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:10:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100719.html A report released today by American Bird Conservancy, America's leading bird conservation group, shows how some of BP's oil spill cleanup efforts are actually causing harm to birds and their habitats rather than helping them, that cleanup vessels are inadequate and operating in the wrong locations, and that deployed boom has failed to protect some important bird colonies from oil. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:10:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100715.html A Canadian judge has found Syncrude Canada, Ltd. guilty in the deaths of over 1,600 waterfoul that landed in the tar sands company's Aurura Mine toxic tailings ponds in Alberta on April 28, 2008. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:10:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100713.html The 1,320-megawatt White Stallion coal plant that American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation's leading bird conservation organization, opposed in a May 21 two-page letter to the Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency has been put on hold following a ruling by two Texas administrative law judges. The plant is proposed for construction on a 1,200-acre site on the Colorado River near Bay City in Matagorda County, Texas. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:10:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100628.html The endangered Masked Bobwhite will be the beneficiary of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is being used to advance conservation projects at the 118,000-acre Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern Arizona. Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:15:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100623.html As young birds, rabbits and squirrels venture from their nests in early summer in their usual vulnerable and generally defenseless state, The Wildlife Society (TWS) and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) remind cat owners that even the most well-fed domestic cats pose serious threats to these small and newly born wildlife. At the same time, free-roaming pets also face dangers that can injure or kill them. Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:15:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100611_b.html Two of the world's premier institutions promoting biodiversity conservation-the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global alliance to prevent extinction of species, and the Convention on Biological Diversity and its 193 Parties-are entering into a partnership through a new cooperative agreement to prevent species extinctions and maintain ecosystems and habitats at key sites for endangered species. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:45:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100611.html American Bird Conservacy's Michael Fry testified before the House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee yesterday on Insular Affairs, Oceans, and Wildlife, saying that the impacts from the April 20 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may be felt for decades and that leasing for further oil drilling elsewhere in sensitive environments should be postponed, particularly in the Arctic Ocean or Bristol Bay Alaska, until adequate further studies are conducted. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:55:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100607.html In letters to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) President George Fenwick identified key shortcomings in recent federal plans to address the impacts of wind farms on birds. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:35:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100601.html According to a report from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), which includes Everglades National Park, the number of nests of wading birds, such as herons and egrets, in the district are estimated to have more than quadrupled between 2008 and 2009. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:25:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100527.html The Peruvian government has announced the creation of several new conservation areas that will have significant ramifications in the ongoing efforts to protect habitat for endangered bird species in the country. Thu, 27 May 2010 14:12:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/1005226.html In a move that rarely happens, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announced that the status of the Yellow-eared Parrot is being downgraded from "Critically Endangered" to "Endangered." Wed, 26 May 2010 14:45:27 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100525.html American Bird Conservancy, has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to deny the permit for the 1,320-megawatt White Stallion coal plant. The plant is proposed for construction on a 1,200-acre site on the Colorado River near Bay City in Matagorda County, Texas. Tue, 25 May 2010 15:15:45 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100520.html A new species of bird for science has been discovered and named after a leading conservation family in the Washington, D.C. area. The new species of antpitta, native to Colombia, South America, was announced last night in a ceremony at the residence of the Colombian Ambassador, Carolina Barco. Thu, 20 May 2010 16:05:45 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100511.html Four citizen groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed suit today against the St. Regis Princeville Resort over the luxury resort's failure to prevent the ongoing deaths of rare native seabirds, in violation of the federal Endangered Species Act. The St. Regis is a property of Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which also owns the Westin, Sheraton, Four Points by Sheraton, W Hotels, and Le Meridien brands. Tue, 11 May 2010 15:33:13 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100504.html As bird rescue groups prepare to deal with hundreds or potentially thousands of oiled birds resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, American Bird Conservancy President George Fenwick cautioned that the toll from the spill may be far greater when the unseen impacts are factored into the environmental disaster still ongoing in the Gulf of Mexico. Wed, 05 May 2010 10:00:46 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100430.html American Bird Conservancy has released a list of key bird sites they say are most immediately threatened by the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf. The sites have been previously designated as Globally Important Bird Areas by the organization, and are directly in the path of the advancing oil slick. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:55:46 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100429.html An article published today in the journal Science cites continued losses of biological diversity worldwide, despite targets set for 2010 by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) intended to stop or at least slow such losses. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:56:46 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/100427.html The Orlando Sentinel newspaper and other Florida media are reporting two incidents of rabid feral cats attacking humans. WFTV in Orlando, Florida describes both attacks as unprovoked. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:45:29 EST http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/100401.html ABC has signed on as a supporter of The Aransas Project, an alliance concerned with decreasing freshwater flows in the Guadalupe River Basin of Texas and the resulting increase in salinity along coastal inlets, including the Aransas Bay, where the only remaining natural flock of endangered Whooping Cranes spends the winter. Thu, 1 Apr 2010 15:59:29 EST