I am what I like to call a “casual” coffee drinker. I usually have a cup or two on weekends but my drink of choice during the week is cappuccino. Most birders have heard about shade-grown coffee and there are now several companies that offer it. However, I just read a release from the World
Category: Bird Conservation
Alberta Mountain Forests Ecoregion
Name: Alberta Mountain Forests – NA0501 World Wildlife Fund Location: Alberta, Canada along the Alberta/British Columbia border Size: 15,400 square miles (size of Connecticut and Maryland combined) General Description: The Alberta Mountain Forests are a mixed forest habitat of alpine and subalpine ecosystems. Trees commonly found in this ecoregion are alpine fir and lodgepole pine.
North Coast California Conservation
The Northcoast Regional Land Trust recently announced that they will work with The Nature Conservancy in creating a conservation plan in the area. Since 2000, the Northcoast Regional Land Trust has preserved over 6,000 acres. The Nature Conservancy is working towards a goal of protecting 25,000 acres in the area. Together, the two groups are
The Truth about Cats and Birds
In November, I read a newspaper article about a prominent member of the birding community being arrested for animal cruelty. Jim Stevenson, founder of the Galveston Ornithological Society and author of several books, had allegedly shot and killed several feral cats. “Galveston law enforcement officials say Stevenson shot a cat to death this month near
Blue Mountains Ecoregion
Name: NA0505 Blue Mountains Forests – World Wildlife Fund Location: Northeastern Oregon and extreme southeastern Washington, United States. Size: 25,000 square miles (About the size of West Virginia, United States) General description: This ecoregion is found within the Temperate Coniferous Forest major habitat type. 466 species are found in this ecoregion, 42% of them being
eBird – putting your birdlists into the big picture
Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society, Ebird is a real-time, online checklist program that is free and easy to use. Their goal is to record as much bird data as possible by both recreational and professional bird watchers. It seems to be working. In 2006, participants reported
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Got Owls?…Got Ethics?
There has been a lot of owl activity of late on local internet bird sighting lists. Some people seem to throw ethics out the window when offered the opportunity to photograph a great bird. I just read a great post by Mike from Mike’s Digiscoping Blog discussing photographic ethics. Also check out Bootstrap Analysis for
Conservation Districts — A Local Solution
If every person threw a piece of trash on the ground, the ground would be a landfill. So, if every person did a local environmental project would the results be just as big, but in a positive way? Too often, it is easy to say “the government doesn’t care about the environment” and just put
