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| Arctic Tern / Photo by Kirk Rogers/USFWS |
- A federal judge ruled that the USFWS was wrong to issue 30-year take permits to wind energy companies without conducting an environmental assessment and against the advice of its own scientists.
- A conservation project has boosted the breeding success of endangered Spoon-billed Sandpipers in Russia.
- An endangered Night Parrot was captured and tagged with a tracking device.
- A drone in Australia recorded a Wedge-tailed Eagle attacking and knocking it to the ground.
- Meanwhile other Australian birds are starting to disappear.
- Wildlife rescue provides a tangible means of helping wildlife, even if it does not address larger problems, as in the case of Common Swifts.
- Genetic analysis supports elevating the Cape Parrot to full species status.
- Songbirds change altitude during nighttime migratory flights.
- Golden Eagles in eastern North America have a leapfrog migration, with northernmost eagles wintering farthest south.
- For Snowy Plovers, gravel provides better camouflage than sand at nesting sites.
- An alternative to lethal control of Canada Geese is to play their alarm calls.
- As grouse hunting season began in the United Kingdom, another dead Hen Harrier was confirmed to have died from gunshot wounds.
- A phylogenetic study found that the Helmeted Woodpecker should be in genus Celeus rather than Dryocopus and that its resemblance to Dryocopus woodpeckers was likely a result of mimicry.
- Here are some fantastic photos of life in an urban Peregrine Falcon nest in Chicago.
- Boaters have taken over islands built for bird nesting in Maryland.
- Bourbon, Bastards, and Birds.: The Human Birdwatcher Project Presents: The Democratization of Birding
- 10,000 Birds: The Andean Gull
- ABA Blog: How to Text Out a Bird
- The Birdist: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Patch
- Birding Dude: Shorebirding at Jamaica Bay 2015 -- A Season of Frustration
- The Speckled Hatchback: Post #32 - A bit of Biology - What is a nictitating membrane?
- Anything Larus: August Ross's Gull in Southern Quebec
- Backyard and Beyond: Gather Ye Terns While You May
- Whales are bouncing back from devastating losses due to the whaling industry.
- One reason for the intense fires in the Pacific Northwest is that lichen is among the fastest-burning organisms.
- Walruses in the Arctic may run out of sea ice again this year.
- Australia sets a goal of reducing emissions 26-28% from 2005 level by 2030. This falls short of what is needed to reduce the impacts of climate change.
- TransCanada expects the Obama administration to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
- The EPA accidentally spilled 3 million gallons of contaminated water into the Animas River in Colorado when it was investigating some former mines. Here are 9 things to know about the spill.
