Conservation International [CI] is not only a leading force in world conservation efforts, but the organization employs several excellent marketing techniques. The CI website is loaded with interactive pages and stylish graphics to not only grab your attention, but keep you browsing their site. What really caught our attention was this image: This Philippine Eagle
Category: Bird Conservation
Bordering on Conservation
The border wall has been an issue for some time now and there is no doubt that it will have some impact on wildlife. This is the typical short-sighted response to an issue, the same sort of thing we see time and time again. Not thinking in the long-term is the same reason most start-up
Integrated Bird Conservation in the United States
The U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Committee is a forum of government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives designed to meet common bird conservation goals. The focus is to advance “coordinated bird monitoring, conservation design, private land conservation, trinational projects, and institutional support in state and federal agencies for integrated bird conservation.” Some
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13 Prairie Birds Needing Conservation
The Nature Conservancy’s Prairie Wings project has mapped out the places needing conservation to protect thirteen birds of the prairie/grasslands. These include: Lark Bunting Cassin’s Sparrow Lesser Prairie-Chicken Greater Prairie-Chicken Sprague’s Pipit Ferruginous Hawk McCown’s Longspur Scaled Quail Long-billed Curlew Baird’s Sparrow Burrowing Owl Mountain Plover Chestnut-collared Longspur The Nature Conservancy’s site has detailed species
PIF Landbird Population Estimate Database
The Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory and Partners In Flight (PIF) have teamed up to bring about a wonderful database of landbird populations. The data comes from the North American Landbird Conservation Plan from 2004, which is mostly from Breeding Bird Survey data from the 1990s. You can download whole tables of data or query individual
Boreal Songbird Initiative
The Boreal Songbird Initiative (BSI) is “a non-profit organization dedicated to outreach and education about the importance of the Boreal Forest region to North America’s birds.” Blackpoll Warbler – breeds in the Boreal The BSI website provides a massive amount of information about how important the Boreal Forest is to our birds. There is a
Refuge Watch
Started on September 20th of this year, Refuge Watch is a wonderful blog showcasing the “News and Events From America’s National Wildlife Refuges”. Why exactly are National Wildlife Refuges important? How about because they are home to: over 700 species of birds around 220 species of mammals approximately 250 reptile and amphibian species more than
The Feral Cat Debate Goes On
Cape May, New Jersey is arguably one of the top 12 places to bird in the U.S. (According to Roger Tory Peterson). But the birding there might not stay that way with a new amendment from the Cape May city council to continue to allow feral cats to roam freely. The Birdchaser poses the question
