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OWLS learn about Iowa wildlife
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (823+ words) Clay Steele, environmental and outdoor education specialist for Lee County Conservation, shows off a bear skull to attendees of the OWLS lecture series at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose on Wednesday. (Brad Vidmar/Mississippi Valley Publishing) Around a…...
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1+ hour, 21+ min ago (823+ words) Clay Steele, environmental and outdoor education specialist for Lee County Conservation, shows off a bear skull to attendees of the OWLS lecture series at the Lee County Conservation Center in Montrose on Wednesday. (Brad Vidmar/Mississippi Valley Publishing) Around a…...
Africa's "Thunderbird" Is At Risk Of Extinction
51+ min ago (254+ words) The Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, based at the Mabula Game Reserve in Limpopo, has worked on the species since 1999. The organisation was founded by Ann Turner and is now run by Dr. Lucy Kemp, whose parents Alan and Meg Kemp…...
Timor green pigeon could go extinct without immediate action, study finds
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (450+ words) The extremely rare Timor green pigeon has fewer than 500 individuals left in the wild, according to a recent study. Researchers say its extinction risk must be revised from endangered to critically endangered." The fruit-eating Timor green pigeon (Treron psittaceus), known…...
Volunteers preserving elusive diving ducks
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (536+ words) Lu Qun, a power worker in Wuhan, Hubei province, is both the designer and most devoted guardian of a wetland refuge for the endangered Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri), a diving duck found in eastern Asia. With the approach of southern…...
Volunteer surveys show bird diversity soaring again after Gariwerd fires
2+ hour, 35+ min ago (329+ words) It's been a season to crow about, with volunteers flocking to Grampians (Gariwerd) National Park over the past few weeks to participate in the biggest Great Gariwerd Bird Survey in years. For the past six years, dozens of volunteers have…...
Bird deaths in Singapore at record high, man-made structures top culprit
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (886+ words) SINGAPORE "Two of four peregrine falcon chicks that recently won the hearts of fans in Singapore likely died after collisions with man-made structures " the top culprit of bird mortality cases recorded here. In May, the National Parks Board (NParks) told…...
Millions of birds are migrating through Michigan skies this spring, and a rehab center is keeping them safe
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (414+ words) SALINE, Mich. (WXYZ) " Upwards of 17 million birds are moving across Michigan right now during peak spring migration season, and the state's largest specialty bird rehabilitation center is working to keep them on course. Watch Jeffrey Lindblom's video report: Marissa Jardine,…...
Tiny transmitters on falcon chicks usher in new era of peregrine recovery
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (72+ words) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tiny transmitters on falcon chicks usher in new era of peregrine recovery OAK CREEK " Greg Septon of Muskego had banded about 1, 500 falcon chicks since he founded the Wisconsin Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project in 1986. Each was fitted only…...
Michigan bird migration peaks as rehab center sees 200% patient surge
8+ hour, 35+ min ago (14+ words) WXYZ Channel 7...