Bird News Network: Birds in the News – January 7,
2008
Here is a brief
compilation of recent bird-related news reports and articles.
Top
Ten Photos of 2007 from National Geographic News National
Geographic, DC - Dec 14, 2007
The top ten includes the Long-whiskered Owlet and the “Smiling”
Recurve-billed Bushbird.
Critically
Endangered Yellow-eared Parakeet in major breeding success
Wildlife Extra, UK - Dec 20, 2007
Atlantic
Forest remnant purchased to save critically endangered
Wildlife Extra, UK - Dec 14, 2007
WatchList 2007
Quarter
of US Bird Species at Risk of Extinction Voice of America
- Dec 14, 2007
Fewer
Places to Nest New York Times Editorial New York Times,
United States - Dec 8, 2007
Some
of most imperiled birds make their homes in Iowa Dubuque
Telegraph Herald, IA - Dec 16, 2007
Water
and time are running out Charlotte Observer,
NC - Dec 16, 2007
The
future of some birds in Kansas and Missouri is a concern
Kansas City Star, MO - Dec 8, 2007
Native
species demand rigorous inspection of imports Honolulu
Star-Bulletin, HI - Dec 6, 2007
Northern Spotted Owl/Marbled Murrelet
Weighing
in on WOPR The Register-Guard, OR - Dec 31, 2007
Reserves for spotted owls would be cut 36 percent —
from 809400 acres to 521500 acres. The administration’s
draft recovery plan for saving the owl is based...
Biologists
Struggle to Save the Spotted Owl PBS - Dec 19, 2007
LYNN SCARLETT: Option two presents an adaptive management
approach to addressing the recovery of the spotted owl. REP.
JAY INSLEE: I'm going to ask this...
Bush
calls for review of spotted owl plan The Oregonian
- OregonLive.com, OR - Dec 18, 2007
Christmas Bird Count & New Year’s
Resolutions for Birders
10
New Year's resolutions for birders in 2008 AZ Central.com,
AZ - 12 hours ago
3 Volunteer to help out at a bird organization or a local
birding event. It's a cause you care about, and you'll meet
some great people with common...
Bird
counters friends of conservation New Brunswick Home
News Tribune, NJ - Jan 3, 2008
They call it citizen science, an appropriate moniker for the
Audubon Society's annual survey known as the Christmas Bird
Count, now in its 108th year across...
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