Bird News Network: Birds in the News – March 21, 2008

Here is a brief compilation of recent bird-related news reports and articles.

Birding Tourism, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Washington, D.C., March 20, 2008. An interview with Victor Emanuel of Victor Emanuel Nature Tours and board member of American Bird Conservancy, and Michael Braun, a scientist with Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History.

Texas Wind Farms

Foes of S. Texas wind energy plan ask judge to halt work - Houston Chronicle - Mar 18, 2008

Cats Indoors!

Keeping kitty inside Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado - Mar 11, 2008. Bland and other observers, including American Bird Conservancy, note that domestic cats kill millions of birds, rabbits and squirrels.

Collisions

Green buildings must protect birds, too - San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA - Mar 8, 2008
An opinion editorial by David Sibley who seeks to prevent bird collisions with buildings.

Fuertes’s Parrot Reserve

Last Refuge of Newly Rediscovered Fuertes's Parrot Saved by Conservationists Kansas City InfoZine - Mar 07, 2008

Outdoor News section at www.blackoutdoorsman.com, Spring issue-due to launch March 25, 2008

Carbofuran Ban

Company fights ban of bird-killer - Denver Post, CO - Mar 3, 2008

Editorial: Remember DDT Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 16, 2008

Red Knot

Groups Seek to Protect the Shore Bird The Associated Press - Feb 28, 2008

Birders 1, Crabbers 0 Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 29, 2008

Court Ruling on Gulf Coast Communication Towers

Watch out for the birds, court tells FCC Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 19, 2008

Editorial: What a little bird told us Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 24, 2008

El Dorado Reserve Opens to Tourists

Bird reserve in Colombia open to tourists USA Today - Feb 28, 2008

1500 Acre Reserve Created to Protect Critically Endangered ... Wildlife Extra, UK - Mar 7, 2008

Bird reserve in Colombia open to tourists Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Mar 03, 2008