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In 2000, the National Audubon Society launched BirdCast , a partnership with EPA’s Office of Pesticides Programs, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Clemson University’s Radar Ornithology Program, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and GeoMarine...
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A couple years ago, I scratched an itch on my leg and discovered a fully engorged nymph deer tick. A week later, my leg hurt where I had found the tick and I had a big bull's-eye rash there--the tell-tale sign of Lyme disease infection. I went directly...
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The Audubon Society of Portland has a great program that protects a large Vaux's Swift roost while educating local residents about these unique birds. Check out a great review of this work at the new BirdFellow online journal . More details on the...
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After highlighting the problem here on Audubon Birdscapes last fall, there has been some good progress on this issue. Here's the latest from Stella Miller, President of Huntington Audubon. Pretty exciting news here in New York! The NYS Association...
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In 1996, birders found a few Purple Swamphens, a Eurasian marsh bird, at a pond in Florida. Ten years later, they had spread across several counties, and the State of Florida tried to eradicate these exotic invaders to protect the populations of native...
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has a set of "management prescriptions" to help landowners manage their woodlots or forest for healthy populations of the Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, and Varied Thrush. The guidelines...
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Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have made it even easier to keep track of the birds in your yard or neighborhood with the new My Yard eBird website. After marking your yard on a digital map, you can report any birds you see there and My Yard...
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As documented in this recent paper in Conservation Biology (Feb 2009), we still have a long way to go to make sure that our local planning departments are helping to preserve the birds and other wildlife that live in our neighborhoods. Biodiversity Conservation...
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Now you can get the latest info about how to create a healthy and bird-friendly yard on Facebook. Click here to join the Audubon At Home Facebook group . Photo: Becky Malone
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The Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society in California has its own Audubon At Home program website , featuring local resources and inspiration for creating a healthy and bird-friendly yard. They even have a habitat certification program for full backyard...
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Sometimes our best efforts to do the right thing later turn out to have negative consequences. 20 years ago we all thought that buying and releasing ladybird beetles would be a great way to deal with some insect pests. While it took us away from poisoning...
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Here's a Black Phoebe diving into a bowl of mealworms. Enterprising bird enthusiasts can even find ways to encourage and help birds that normally eat mostly flying insects. Photo: Calvin May
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Folks interested in showing the relationship between native plants and wildlife should checkout this recent study published in the journal Conservation Biology (Feb 2009) Impact of Native Plants on Bird and Butterfly Biodiversity in Suburban Landscapes...
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Recently the Tucson Audubon Society held a series of Saturday and Wednesday workshops on Urban Wildlife Landscape Design . At $250 a head, about twenty participants, including landscape design professionals, homeowners, and municipal employees received...
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With the latest peanut recall, are you wondering if it is safe to feed peanuts to wild birds right now? Round Robin , the blog of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, has a good update on the connection between wild birds, peanuts, and salmonella. Here's...
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