What's In The News?
This page lists links to current events from various Internet sites
related to birds, biodiversity, conservation issues and other
interesting stories from the US and from around the world. Our planet is
an interconnected island. Activities in one part of the globe impact
other regions. Scientific findings continue to demonstrate the
imperative that all citizens of this world must act responsively toward
ourselves, our neighbors and our ecosystems.
March 2008
Satellite Tracking the amazing journeys of the Bar-tailed Godwit (Global
Flyway Network)
http://www.globalflywaynetwork.com.au/ourwork-tracking.html
Radar Technology - A Tool for Understanding Migratory “Aerofauna” (USGS)
http://www.fort.usgs.gov/radar/
DISEASE DEADLY TO BATS IS DISCOVERED IN CONNECTICUT (The Day.com)
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=1e24fee2-1516-4bd3-a4aa-26ea602b1260
Crows Negative for AI Strains (Coshocton Tribune)
http://www.coshoctontribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/NEWS01/804010313/1002
Deformed Beaks Mean Slow Starvation for Region’s Birds: Cause A Mystery
(Seattle PI.com)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/357096_beaks31.html?source=mypi
Tripura birds fall to mystery disease (The Times of India)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mystery_disease_kills_birds/articleshow/2920450.cms
New “Battle of Midway” over Plastic (BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7314240.stm
Flight Path to Peril (Science Alert)
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/features/20082803-17111-2.html
February 2008
Roads Take A Toll on Wildlife (Current Results.com)
http://www.currentresults.com/Wildlife/Mammals/roads-wildlife-803111.php
Strange Malady Wreaks Havoc on Bat Population (PBS.org)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/science/jan-june08/bats_03-07.html
Scarcity of Common Birds Concerns Wildlife Biologists (London Free Press)
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/CityandRegion/2008/03/08/4946071-sun.html
Botulism Causes Worry Over Michigan’s Loons (Mlive.com)
http://www.mlive.com/sports/grpress/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1204896314141590.xml&coll=6
Bat Deaths Linked to Climate Change (Timesunion.com)
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=669869&category=REGION&newsdate=3/7/2008
Visiting Flocks Help Scientists Track Bird Flu (Delmarvanow.com)
http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080306/DCP01/80305058/1058/DCP
Dead Dolphins Found on Texas Beaches
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080043106
Rising Sea Could End Bittern Boom (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7277861.stm
Mysterious “Rain on Snow Events” Tracked in Arctic (National Geographic)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/03/080304-arctic-rain.html
Muzzle Puzzle (PhillyBurbs.com)
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-03032008-1497154.html
Rare Birds in Danger from Tourism (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7274007.stm
January 2008
Don’t Blame Wild Birds for H5N1 Spread – Expert (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSBKK319659
Sayonara Cyanide: Poison Land Mines Should Be Banned (Salt Lake Tribune)
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_8046585
Birds in Great Salt Lake Felled by Cholera by the Thousands (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/science/22bird.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin
Researchers Study Feathers to Help Military Battle Bird Strikes (Ohio.com)
http://www.ohio.com/news/ap?articleID=350701&c=y
Botulism Take Fatal Toll on Thousands of Great Lakes Birds (WGN-TV)
http://wgntv.trb.com/chi-loons_15jan15,0,35059.story
Herons Persist in Chicago Wetlands Despite Exposure to Banned Chemicals (Physorg.com)
http://www.physorg.com/news119709016.html
Gull Blood Records Oil Impacts (BBC)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7181910.stm
Cleaning the Bird Feeder a Must in Winter (Metro News)
http://www.wvmetronews.com/outdoors.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=23011
Hamlin Turbines Could Affect Flying Wildlife (Rochester 13 WHAM.com)
http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=9b7a2096-2431-494e-ab56-c2bea17a08ed
November 2007
Study Says Wild Birds Unlikely to Bring H5N1 (Avian Flu) Virus
to the Americas (CIDRAP)
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/nov1607birds.html
(Alaska) State’ Testing of Wild Birds Reveals No Sign of Avian Flu
The Tundra Drums)
http://thetundradrums.com/news/show/823
Populations of Spoonbill Sandpipers Crash (Birdlife International
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/10/spoon_billed_sandpiper.html
Beaver: Architects to the Birds (Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/08/980814070511.htm
Prehistoric Forest Emerges from Farmer’s Pond (in Michigan) (Science
Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/08/980814070511.htm
More Than One Quarter of US Bird Species Imperiled (Science Daily)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071129083858.htm
Bird Flu Cause Probe Inconclusive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7118876.stm
Bird Flu Virus in Europe: A Hidden Danger
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2007/1000685/index.html
Type E Botulism Outbreak Kills Birds (Petosky News-Review
http://www.petoskeynews.com/articles/2007/11/24/news/news04.txt
Mystery Illness Strikes Yellow-eyed Penguins (New Zealand Sunday Star
Times)
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4287560a7693.html
October 2007
Populations of Spoonbill Sandpipers Crash (Birdlife International
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/10/spoon_billed_sandpiper.html
Bird Night Attacks May Be Unique
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7069755.stm
Susceptibiloty of Canada Geese to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/pdfs/07-0502.pdf
Botulism Suspected in Michigan Bird Deaths (AP
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gP-xvTNY9g6lW-JkxP3XBHDvN5JwD8SLOSP04
More Dead Seabirds Reported Near Kingston (Kitsap Sun
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2007/oct/30/more-dead-seabirds-reported-near-kingston/
Massive Bird Die-off Tied to Invasive Snails (Winona Daily News
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2007/10/26/news/00lead.txt
September 2007
Clever Crows Caught on Camera (BBC World News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7027923.stm
Avian Flu Update from the USGS National Wildlife Health Center
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/avian_influenza_information.jsp
At Last, India’s Vultures are having their Condor moment (Economist)http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9898312#top
Nutrient Pollution Increases Parasite Driven Frog Deformities (VOA News)
http://www.voanews.com/english/Science/2007-10-02-voa21.cfm
August 2007
Climate fear for visiting birds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6950711.stm
Climate change worries for Ringed Ouzels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6927415.stm
Cleverest crows opt for two tools
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6948446.stm
French alarmed as flamingos leave
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6949519.stm
Birds Out as EEE Indicator
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070812/NEWS/708120361
Researchers Find Mercury in Songbird in Salt Water Marshes
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1019438
Ingestion of Lead Threatens Waterfowl and Birds of Prey
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/opinion/story.html?id=2a544d50-ee83-4808-8430-71a11f8b2eda
June-July 2007
Keep up to date on the movements of satellite tagged walruses
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6529663.stm
Dam raises global concerns over future of Fairy Pitta
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/06/hushan_dam_fairy_pitta.html
Investment in albatross conservation crucial in tackling new trawling
threats
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/06/albatross_investment.html
Bright Bills Fading Away: Magpies in Decline; West Nile Virus Might Be
Culprit
http://dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_6387655
West Nile Virus Update for the
Western Hemisphere
USDA lab confirms low-path H5N1 strain in Virginia turkeys
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/avianflu/news/jul1707turkeys.html
Botulism Causes Waterfowl Die-off in Lake Ontario
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/07/11/botulism-birds.html
May 2007
New Species of Hummingbird found in Columbia
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/05/colombia_new_hummingbird_discovery.html
Wildlife Starving on the Newly Drained Saemangeum Wetland in South Korea.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details.asp?id=tcm:9-159428
Grenada’s “crown jewels” up for sale
Sale of the Mount Hartman National Park – the last stronghold of the
Critically Endangered Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi – for a massive hotel
and villa complex.
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/05/grenada_crown_jewels.html
Barnacle Goose smashes sea-crossing record
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/6691369.stm
Warm Spring in UK Brings Early Arrival of Wildlife
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6688649.stm
Biologists Study West Nile’s Affect on White Pelicans
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/05/18/news/state/25-pelicans.txt
Algal Blooms in Monterey Bay Affect Marine Mammals and Birds
http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_5915844
April 2007
Kauai's Rare Forest Birds Face Threat to Survival
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?de51e382-cf62-44d1-bfb3-76d0f90bda83
Airfield would displace Pocosin’s globally important waterfowl
congregations
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/04/pocosins_iba_threat.html
First Satellite Tagged Duck Crosses the Mediterranean Sea
http://www.wetlands.org/event.aspx?ID=8e70804a-288e-4868-b686-3ad8575bab94
Wild Birds and Avian Influenza in Africa
Satellite Tracking of Waterfowl Between Europe and Africa
http://wildbirds-ai.cirad.fr/index.php
Are mobile phones wiping our our bees?
"If the bees disappeared, man would have only four years of life left."
- Albert Einstein -
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece
New Species of Frogmouth Bird found in the South Pacific
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070421-00245300-bc-us-frogmouth.xml
March 2007
Godwit Sets New Long Distance Non-Stop Migratory Record
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/04/bar-tailed_godwit_journey.html
February 2007
Five year study solves the mystery of the wintering grounds of Europe’s
most threatened migratory songbird, the Aquatic Warbler (from Birdlife
International)
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/02/aquatic_warbler_senegal.html
Ornithologists Hit the Jackpot. Wintering Grounds of the Sociable Lapwing
discovered in Syria. (Birdlife International)
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/03/sociable_lapwing_discovery.html
New Book Release scheduled for March 12th, 2007.
Waterbirds Around the World.
http://www.wetlands.org/news.aspx?ID=6b709e68-72e7-4687-8483-fc74bd131d68
January 2007
German Villagers Thrilled by Unusual Birth of 6 White Storks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR2007010401555.html
New Field Guide to Birds of Iraq
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2007/01/field-guide_to_birds_iraq.html
National Avian Influenza Surveillance Program
74,506 birds tested. No Highly Pathogenic flu found.
http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/
December 2006
"Tragedy" for Cerulean Warbler
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/12/cerulean_warbler.html
Lost Brazilian Caatinga Woodpecker Celeus obrieni Rediscovered after 80
years.
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/12/caatinga_woodpecker_redisc.html
Toxicity Of Clostridium botulinum Type E Neurotxin to Great Lakes fish:
Implicatoins for Avian Botulism
http://www.jwildlifedis.org/cgi/content/abstract/42/3/479?etoc
November 2006
Winter Roost of 3 Million Barn Swallows is threatened by a proposed
airport development in South Africa designed to handle visitors to the 2010
World Cup.
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/11/La_Mercy_BarnSwallows.html
From Birdlife International: Bauxite mining threatens unique Jamaican
wildlife
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/10/cockpit_country.html
From Birdlife International: Important Bird Areas
http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/index.html
From Birdlife International: Astonishing Spread of Important Bird Areas
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/10/iba_sign.html
New Bird Species in India too Rare to Collect
http://www.birdlife.org/news/pr/2006/09/bugun_liocichla.html
Satellite Tracking the migration of the Northern Bald Ibis in the Middle
East
http://www.rspb.org.uk/tracking/northern_bald_ibis.asp
October 2006
Urgent Action needed to halt the loss of South Atlantic Seabirds
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5383078.stm
August / September 2006
The Annual 40,000 Mile Pacific Migration of the Sooty Shearwater is
tracked.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5242360.stm
Rare Hawksbill Sea Turtles to get Satellite Tags in the Indian Ocean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5243154.stm
Satellite Tracking Whooper Swans in Asia to study the movement of Avian Flu
http://www.werc.usgs.gov/sattrack/whooperswan/overall.html
July 2006
BBC: Manipur Bush-Quail, thought to be extinct 80 years ago, was recently
sighted in China
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5125244.stm
BBC: Banding Studies show that Long-Haul Migratory Birds are returning
early
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5130538.stm
Red Kite reintroduction in England is a success.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/5213908.stm
Northern Bald Ibis tagged for research. A bird thought extinct in the
Middle East until 4 years ago was revered by the Egyptian Pharoahs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5204192.stm
How Birds Sleep: Right side up, upside down, or not at all
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/birds/weeklyfeature/sleepingbeauties/
Tracking the 8,000 mile migration of Brent from Iceland to the Canadian
Arctic
http://www.wwt.org.uk/Supergoose/Maps.asp
June 2006
BBC: Harriet the tortoise, one of the world's oldest known living
creatures, has died in Australia aged about 175:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/5109342.stm?ls
Beck’s Petrel, Pseudobulweria becki, unrecorded since 1929, has
apparently been seen and photographed in the Coral Sea
http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/06/becks_petrel.html
A new type of hammerhead shark has been discovered in the northwestern
Atlantic Ocean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5065510.stm
FAO Rome Conference Report: Wild birds’ role in HPAI crisis confirmed
But scientific conference fingers poultry business
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000312/index.html
Risk to bathers from H5N1 “bird flu” is close to zero:
http://www.ecdc.eu.int/
The global poultry industry is the main spreader of H5N1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5032904.stm
USDA, DOI and HHS expand screening for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian
influenza in migratory birds
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/disease_information/avian_influenza/index.jsp
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